The History of the Rise, Progress, and Accomplishment of the Abolition of the African Slave-Trade

by the British Parliament by Thomas Clarkson

$7,500 · Offered by James Cummins Bookseller

First edition

First edition. Three engraved plates 2 folding . 4 , 572; 2 , 592pp. Uncut. 2 vols. 8vo. Later blue paper covered boards, morocco spine labels. Provenance: R. H. Inglis small ink collector's stamp on verso of titles ; Bibliotheca H-Ha. C. C. Cant booklabels on pastedowns . Goldsmith 19725; Kress B5319; Sabin 13486; Dumond, 169; Library Company of Philadelphia, Afro-Americana, 2388. Item #377117

• Binding: Leather

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