A valedictory delivered at the Forum on the eleventh day of April, 1817, on closing the first session

by John Philpot Curran Sampson

$110 · Offered by Rulon-Miller Books

First edition

New York: Van Winckle, Riley & Co., 1817. First edition, 8vo, pp. 23, 1 ; original blue wrappers; previous owner's ownership signatures; very good. The Forum was a New York institution dedicated to the cultivation of eloquence the noblest gift that can distinguish man from man which, at the time, had political, social and artistic uses not readily evident in today's culture. American Imprints 42039; Sabin 75936. Item #54986

• Binding: Wrappers

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