Apr 08, 2014 - Sale 2344

Sale 2344 - Lot 240

Price Realized: $ 812
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 300 - $ 400
(SLAVERY AND ABOLITION.) Hurd, John Codman. Topics of Jurisprudence Connected with Conditions of Freedom and Bondage. 8vo, contemporary plain wrappers, minor wear, small tape repair; minor wear to front flyleaf, otherwise clean internally. New York, 1856

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The precursor to Hurd's 1858 "Law of Freedom and Bondage in the United States," which Howes describes as "the most profound legalistic treatise on slavery." Sabin 33989; Work, page 343. Only one other copy known at auction, in 2011.