Surinaamsche mengelpoëzy.
by ROOS, P(aul) F(rançois)
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Amsterdam, H. Gartman en P.J. Uylenbroek, 1804.4to. Contemporary scored calf, with black morocco title-label to spine. With engraved title with nice vignette by R. Vinkeles. VIII,318 pp.First published in 1802. - Paul François Roos (1751-1805) came to Suriname at a young age and stayed there until his death. He was director of the plantation De jonge Byekorf near the Commewijneriver. As a slave master, he stood up for good treatment of his slaves, but he was not in favor of the abolition of slavery. He sketches the ideal plantation life and wrote one of the very few poetical descriptions of life in Dutch Guiana. He was the first poet of Suriname. The poems are about slavery, plantations, the land and the people. Including a poem on the death of George Washington. - Some blank margins waterstained, otherwise a very good copy on heavy paper with wide margins.Muller, America, p.171; Sabin 73101; Van Kempen p.286-289; Suriname- Catalogus U.B. Amsterdam 5786.
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- Gert Jan Bestebreurtje Rare Books (NL)
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- Title
- Surinaamsche mengelpoëzy.
- Author
- ROOS, P(aul) F(rançois)
- Book Condition
- Used
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