[Carey, Matthew]

Estimate

1,500 - 2,500 USD

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Description

The American Museum: Or Repository of Ancient and Modern Fugitive Pieces, &c. Prose & Poetical. Volume XI. Philadelphia: Printed by Matthew Carey, 1789
woodcut, paper, rebacked in old-calf,ink

8vo (225 x 135 mm). Woodcut of deformed African-American boy on p. 350, uncut; text lightly and evenly toned with a few small stains. Contemporary blue paper covered boards re-backed in old calf; front joint starting, spine worn, repaired at head and chipped at foot. Quarter morocco case.

Provenance

Mathematical notation to upper cover in contemporary hand.

Literature

ESTC P5460; Sabin 1162

Catalogue Note

First edition. Includes extensive reportage of the congressional debate on the Bill of Rights (pp 7-9 of "Proceedings of Congress").