Lot 101
Slavery.- Somerville (Thomas) A Discourse on our Obligation to Thanksgiving, for the prospect of the Abolition of the African Slave Trade, only edition, Kelso, 1792.
Hammer Price: £900
Description
Slavery.- Somerville (Thomas) A Discourse on our Obligation to Thanksgiving, for the prospect of the Abolition of the African Slave-Trade, only edition, half-title, stitched in original blue wrappers, uncut, small paper flaw tear to upper wrapper, [Goldsmiths' 15406; Not in Kress], 8vo, Kelso, printed at the Union Press, by J.Palmer, 1792.
⁂ Somerville, who was admitted to the parish of Jedburgh in 1773, was affiliated with the politically conservative 'moderate' party, supporting Lord North's policy vis-à-vis the American colonists, and (eventually) opposing the French revolution. He also zealously opposed the slave-trade.
Description
Slavery.- Somerville (Thomas) A Discourse on our Obligation to Thanksgiving, for the prospect of the Abolition of the African Slave-Trade, only edition, half-title, stitched in original blue wrappers, uncut, small paper flaw tear to upper wrapper, [Goldsmiths' 15406; Not in Kress], 8vo, Kelso, printed at the Union Press, by J.Palmer, 1792.
⁂ Somerville, who was admitted to the parish of Jedburgh in 1773, was affiliated with the politically conservative 'moderate' party, supporting Lord North's policy vis-à-vis the American colonists, and (eventually) opposing the French revolution. He also zealously opposed the slave-trade.
Related Lots
Back To Auction Catalogue
Newsletter Signup
Keyword Alerts
You can now save your preferences to receive emails, or create a free lite account which gives you more features.
Would you like to receive personalised keyword alerts when new catalogues go live. If so, please indicate these below
Set a password to save your keyword alerts
Passwords are a minimum of 7 characters and must include an upper case letter, a lower case letter, a number and a special character.
Newsletter