Feb 28, 2002 - Sale 1926

Sale 1926 - Lot 19

Price Realized: $ 259
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Estimate: $ 300 - $ 400
(CLARKSON, THOMAS.) An Essay on the Slavery and Commerce of the Human Species, particularly the African . . . The Second Edition. xxii, [2], 168 pages, including a page of ads on verso of the terminal text leaf. 8vo, contemporary paper boards, detached and defective; early owner's signature on the half-title; ex-library, sold as is.<>; uncut. London, 1788

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This is the enlarged edition of an important work by one of the prime movers in the British anti-slavery movement. Sabin 13484; LCP, Negro History 46; Work, page 258.<