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RAMSAY, T.W.
Costumes of the Western Coast of Africa. By an Officer of the Commissariat.
In Ramsay's self-effacing introduction, he writes: "...the following work contains nothing more or less than what the title expresses [...], to which are added short explanatory notes, extracted from a Journal kept during his leisure moments for the amusement of his own family and immediate friends... The Sketches have in themselves no other merit than that they related to a Colony comparatively little known. [...] Sketches [are] roughly drawn with just enough of touch to shew the subject." Quite scarce.
- Published
- [n.p] [n.d.] [1833]
- References
- Not in Abbey nor Colas, one copy cited in NUC; Bobins 110.
- Plates
- 6
- Binding/Size
- M=4to
- Value
- 0-5000
- Published
- [n.p] [n.d.] [1833]
- Ref
- 5047
Quarto, no title, six hand-coloured aquatint plates, in original printed wrappers, preserved in a red cloth folder with a black and gilt-lettered title label on the upper board. A scarce set of plates. Coloured plates in order: 1. Joloffs, from Senegal. 2. African Minstrels. 3. Foolahs, interior of Africa. 4. Foolahs. 5. Liberated Africans. 6. A Kroo-Man, West Coast of Africa.
