(KENTUCKY) The American Orator Containing Rules and Directio

Sale 2420 - Lot 170

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(KENTUCKY.) The American Orator, Containing Rules and Directions . . . in the Ornamental and Useful Art of Eloquence. 300 pages. 12mo, contemporary 1/4 calf, moderate wear; pencil marks to page [5], moderate foxing and toning, dampstaining to last few leaves; early owners' inscriptions on front free endpaper. Lexington, KY: Joseph Charless, 1807

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In addition to general instruction in elocution and oratory, much of the book is devoted to samples of great rhetoric ranging from Shakespeare to the Declaration of Independence. Pieces from the early Virginia frontier include "The Character of Opechancanough, an Indian Chief" and Jefferson's "Story of Logan, a Mingo Chief." Kentucky Imprints 288; Shaw & Shoemaker 11979; none traced at auction since 1915.