Second voyage dans l'interieur de l'Afrique, par le cap de Bonne-esperance, dans les annees 1783, 84 et 85.

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Second voyage dans l'interieur de l'Afrique, par le cap de Bonne-esperance, dans les annees 1783, 84 et 85.

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Collection History

Many 19th century plate books on customs and costume came to NYPL from the founding Lenox and Astor library holdings, as well as the personal library of benefactor Samuel J. Tilden. Many of the titles chosen for digitization show dress in the context of ethnicity or nationality. Related dress materials, such as accessories and body ornamentation, are also included.

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See also the following digital collections for additional regional works: [Africana & Black History; Asia and the Pacific Rim in Early Prints and Photographs; The Luso-Hispanic New World in Early Prints and Photographs; After Columbus: Four-hundred Years of Native American Portraiture; and Icons and Images of Cultures: Plate Books from the Russian Empire, Early Soviet Russia, and Eastern Europe, 1730-1935]

- 9/23/2004

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Names: Le Vaillant, François, 1753-1824 (Author)
Dates / Origin: Date Issued: 1795; Place: Paris; Publisher: Chez H.J. Jansen et compe, imprimeurs-libraires, place du Muséum, L'an 3 de la République, une et indivisible
Library locations: Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, Manuscripts, Archives and Rare Books Division; Shelf locator: Sc Rare 916.8-L
Topics: South Africa -- Description and travel -- Early works to 1800
Genres: Prints; Illustrations
Notes: Content: Vol. 1.: [2], xliv, 304, [2] p., V leaves of plates (3 folded); v. 2: [4], 403, [1] p., [8] leaves of plates (1 folded); v. 3: [4], 525, [3] p., XI-XVIII leaves of plates (see note.) The plates in vol. 2 are not numbered, and plate XI in vol. 3 is repeated; the total number of plates is 22: Plates I-V (5 total) in vol. 1, [8] unnumbered plates in vol. 2, Plates XI, XI-XVIII (9 total) in vol. 3.
Physical Description: Extent: 3 v. : ill. ; 21 cm.; Engravings
Type of Resource: Text; Still image
Identifiers: RLIN/OCLC: NYPGR3357770-B; NYPL catalog ID (B-number): b11721738; Universal Unique Identifier (UUID): 668d4130-c628-012f-959a-58d385a7bc34