Provenance: | Copy 1. Former owner's inscription on half-title page: De la Bibliotheque de Hue de Miromesnil, Garde de Sceaux du Roi Louis XVI. Copy 1. Former owner's bookplate: Librairie Française, Rua do Crespo, No. 9, Pernambuco, 23. Copy 1. Binding: Mottled calf binding with gilt rule on covers; gilt stamp decoration on spine; red morocco title on spine with gilt stamp lettering and rule; gilt dentelles; red paste paper endpapers.
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Notes: | Translation of Clarkson's "Essay on the impolicy of the African slave trade," first published London, 1788. Part 2 begins on page 217. Signatures: a⁸ b⁴ c² A-V⁸. Errata on p. xxviii. "Extrait de l'ouvrage de Clarkson, intitulé: Essai sur l'esclavage & le commerce de l'espèce humaine, & paticulièrement des africains," p. 1-70, is a translation of Clarkson's "An essay on the slavery and commerce of the human species, particularly the African," first published London, 1786. Includes bibliographical references. Echeverria & Wilkie. French image, 789/25
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