x, 191, [3] pp. With 12 plates containing 24 hand-colored engravings. 17x10.5 cm (6¾x4"), original leather-backed printed boards. Separated from his master, a Virginia planter, during a shipwreck off the coast of England, a servant finds adventure in Ireland and Wales before reuniting with his master in England. The story has strong anti-slavery sentiments. This copy lacks the title page, so it is not possible to determine whether this is the 1823 first edition or the 1825 second edition, with had the same publisher and pagination and plates, but a shorter title. The plates in the present copy are dated 1823.
x, 191, [3] pp. With 12 plates containing 24 hand-colored engravings. 17x10.5 cm (6¾x4"), original leather-backed printed boards. Separated from his master, a Virginia planter, during a shipwreck off the coast of England, a servant finds adventure in Ireland and Wales before reuniting with his master in England. The story has strong anti-slavery sentiments. This copy lacks the title page, so it is not possible to determine whether this is the 1823 first edition or the 1825 second edition, with had the same publisher and pagination and plates, but a shorter title. The plates in the present copy are dated 1823.
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