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An essay on the impolicy of the African slave trade : in two parts

Title
An essay on the impolicy of the African slave trade : in two parts / by the Rev. T. Clarkson, M.A.
Author
Clarkson, Thomas, 1760-1846
Publication
  • London : [Publisher not identified], MDCCLXXXVIII [1788]
  • London : Printed and sold by J. Phillips, George-Yard, Lombard-Street, MDCCLXXXVIII [1788]

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TextRequest in advance Sc Rare C 16-9 (Lapidus Collection)Schomburg Center - Manuscripts & Archives
TextRequest in advance Sc Rare C 16-10 (Lapidus Collection)Schomburg Center - Manuscripts & Archives
TextUse in library Sc Rare 326.1-C (Clarkson, T. Essay on the impolicy of the African)Schomburg Center - Manuscripts & Archives
TextRestricted use *KF 1788 (Clarkson, T. Essay on the impolicy of the African slave trade)Schwarzman Building - Rare Book Collection Room 328

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Additional Authors
  • Wilberforce, William, 1759-1833
  • Phillips, James (Bookseller)
  • Arthur A. Schomburg Negro Collection, bookplate.
Description
[2], iv, 3-134, [2] pages; 20 cm (8vo)
Donor/Sponsor
Home to Harlem Project funded by the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation (2021-2024).
Subjects
Genre/Form
  • Ink stamps (Provenance)
  • Bookplates (Provenance)
  • Early works.
Note
  • Dedicated to William Wilberforce.
  • Signatures: pi² A-H⁸ I⁴.
  • With final advertisement leaf.
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references.
Indexed In (note)
  • English short title catalog
  • National union catalog, pre-1956 imprints
  • New York Public Library. Dictionary catalog of the Schomburg Collection of Negro Literature & History. Boston: G. K. Hall.
Additional Formats (note)
  • Also available in digital format via NYPL Digital Collections, & various sites and databases.
Call Number
Sc Rare 326.1-C (Clarkson, T. Essay on the impolicy of the African)
LCCN
48044096
OCLC
26244531
Author
Clarkson, Thomas, 1760-1846, author.
Title
An essay on the impolicy of the African slave trade : in two parts / by the Rev. T. Clarkson, M.A.
Publisher
London : [Publisher not identified], MDCCLXXXVIII [1788]
Manufacturer
London : Printed and sold by J. Phillips, George-Yard, Lombard-Street, MDCCLXXXVIII [1788]
Type of Content
text
Type of Medium
unmediated
Type of Carrier
volume
Physical Medium
8vo. rdabf
Indexed In:
English short title catalog T109751 http://estc.bl.uk/T109751
National union catalog, pre-1956 imprints NC 0465877 (volume 111, page 423)
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references.
Indexed In:
New York Public Library. Dictionary catalog of the Schomburg Collection of Negro Literature & History. Boston: G. K. Hall., v. 2, page 1446, column 3, row 2
Additional Formats
Also available in digital format via NYPL Digital Collections, & various sites and databases.
Local Note
The Schomburg Center Manuscripts, Archives & Rare Book Division has three copies of the book; copy in Sc Rare 326.1-C (Clarkson, T. Essay on the impolicy of the African) (accession no. D128459) showed a "Dec. 22, 1942"-- (G.K. Halls, v. 2, page 1446, column 3, row 2), addition to the collection when Catherine A. Latimer and Lawrence Reddick were the Collection Librarian & Curator. It includes NYPL's bookplate of "Arthur A. Schomburg Negro Collection," NYPL's perforated stamp, and the Star symbol ink stamp. It has advertisement on p. 135. P. 136 is blank; Imperfect: bound in library binding, red cloth over boards, and gilt spine. Binding date stamp: Nov. 9, 1945.
Copy in Sc Rare C 16-9 (Lapidus Collection) is a gift, which is part of the Lapidus Collection added to the Schomburg collection in 2016. It has advertisement on p. 135. P. 136 is blank; bound in half or quarter brown leather with marbled paper boards.
Copy in Sc Rare C 16-10 (Lapidus Collection) is a gift, which is part of the Lapidus Collection added to the Schomburg collection in 2016. Imperfect: lacking advertisement at end, brittle spine label; and bound in blue paper boards; leaves unopened.
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Place of Publication
Great Britain England London.
Added Author
Wilberforce, William, 1759-1833, dedicatee.
Phillips, James (Bookseller), printer, bookseller.
Lapidus, Sidney, 1937- donor.
Arthur A. Schomburg Negro Collection, bookplate.
Reddick, Lawrence Dunbar, 1910-1995, Curator.
Research Call Number
Sc Rare 326.1-C (Clarkson, T. Essay on the impolicy of the African)
*KF 1788 (Clarkson, T. Essay on the impolicy of the African slave trade)
Sc Rare C 16-9 (Lapidus Collection)
Sc Rare C 16-10 (Lapidus Collection)
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