(WHALING) Sampson William Is a Whale a Fish An Accurate Repo

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(WHALING.) Sampson, William. Is a Whale a Fish? An Accurate Report of the Case . . . wherein the above Problem is Discussed Theologically, Scholastically, and Historically. 8vo, modern boards; minimal dampstaining, extensive manuscript note on blank page [80]. In modern folding case. New York, 1819

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first edition. A contemporary account of the Maurice vs. Judd trial which is still discussed today--see Graham Burnett's 2007 book "Trying Leviathan: The Nineteenth-Century New York Court Case that Put the Whale on Trial and Challenged the Order of Nature." Sabin 75951; no other copies known at auction since 1952.