Mar 10, 2011 - Sale 2239

Sale 2239 - Lot 86

Unsold
Estimate: $ 300 - $ 400
(SLAVERY AND ABOLITION.) [DE ST.PIERRE, BERNARDIN.] Adventures, Love and Constancy of Paul and Virginia, Reared up in the Sequestered Valley of Port Louis, In the Isle of France. 32 pages. 8vo, original self-wrappers, sewn; edges un-trimmed; paper evenly, but quite toned. New York, 1823
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An early American edition of a very popular tale of love and loss, set in San Domingue. The first edition (in French) appeared in 1787. The story's tale of love and constancy had universal appeal among abolotionists on both sides of the Atlantic.