An Affecting History of the Captivity and Suffering of Mrs. Mary Velnet, the Italian Lady. Who was seven years a slave in Tripoli…written

by herself by Captivity Narratives

$1,850 · Offered by Whitmore Rare Books

First edition

Boston: William Crary, n.d., 1804 . First edition. Publisher’s quarter brown calf over paper-covered wooden boards. Twelvemo. 96 pp. With the frontispiece a partial nude of the titular character . Complete aside from lower flyleaf. Paper toned and wearing away from boards at edges. A woman’s contemporary ink ownership inscription to front free endpaper. Browning to leaves throughout.

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