Lot 95
Slavery.- Cowper (William) The Origin and progress of Kings; a poem, rare, Printed and sold by Daniel Isaac Eaton, No. 74, Newgate-Street, [?1798].
Hammer Price: £400
Description
Slavery.- Cowper (William) The Origin and progress of Kings; a poem, 2 parts in 1, first edition, drop-head title, woodcut cherub tail-piece, disbound, occasional spotting, lightly browned, 8vo, Printed and sold by Daniel Isaac Eaton, No. 74, Newgate-Street, [?1798].
⁂ Rare first edition. Cowper (1731-1800), English poet, hymnwriter and abolitionist (he wrote The Negro's Complaint in 1788, which was often quoted by Martin Luther King). The first poem here includes references to slavery. The second part is 'The progress of a divine'.
Description
Slavery.- Cowper (William) The Origin and progress of Kings; a poem, 2 parts in 1, first edition, drop-head title, woodcut cherub tail-piece, disbound, occasional spotting, lightly browned, 8vo, Printed and sold by Daniel Isaac Eaton, No. 74, Newgate-Street, [?1798].
⁂ Rare first edition. Cowper (1731-1800), English poet, hymnwriter and abolitionist (he wrote The Negro's Complaint in 1788, which was often quoted by Martin Luther King). The first poem here includes references to slavery. The second part is 'The progress of a divine'.