THE HISTORY OF THE RISE, PROGRESS and ACCOMPLISHMENT OF THE ABOLITION OF THE AFRICAN SLAVE-TRADE by the British Parliament. by CLARKSON Thomas.: - 1808

London, for Longman, Hurst, Rees, and Orme, Paternoster-Row, 1808.. FIRST EDITION, 2 volumes 1808. EX LIBRARY SET. 8vo, approximately 220 x 130 mm, 8½ x 5 inches, 3 engraved plates, 2 folding, pages: [4], [1], 2-572; [2], [1], 2-592; rebound at some time by Period Binders (their small ticket at the back of each volume) in quarter green morocco, marbled boards, gilt lettering to spines, new green endpapers. Labels removed from first and last pastedowns and free endpapers, green library stamps to bottom of title pages, a few tiny old ink letters to blank side of title pages, folding plates repaired to blank side, large folding plate of the slave ship has a long horizontal tear repaired plus a few smaller ones, no loss to images, pale foxing to all plates (see attached images), narrow clear tape repair to inner margin of title page of Volume 2, not affecting text, 4 tiny holes to text affecting 2 letters, no loss of meaning, plus 1 in a margin, small tears to 3 lower corners, not affecting text, 1 neatly repaired, pale brown stain to upper section of large folding plate which slightly protrudes from text block due to repairs (see image), last page of each volume lightly foxed, occasional pale foxing and browning but most text clean. Ex library set with stamps to title pages only, apart from the faults mentioned, a good tight set. See: Joseph Sabin, A Dictionary of Books relating to America, Volume 1, No. 13486; The Kress Library of Business and Economics, Catalogue 1777-1817, page 270, No. 5319; Catalogue of the Goldsmiths' Library of Economic Literature, Volume 2, page73, No. 19725. MORE IMAGES ATTACHED TO THIS LISTING, ALL ZOOMABLE, FURTHER IMAGES ON REQUEST. POSTAGE AT COST.