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THE FIRST HISTORY OF BLACK LITERATURE. GRÉGOIRE, HENRI. De la littérature des nègres ou recherches sur leurs facultés intelectuelles, leurs qualités morales et leur littérature, suivie de notices sur la vie et les ouvrages des nègres qui se sont disstingués dans les sciences, les lettres et les arts. Paris (chez Maradan) 1808.

8:o. (5), vi-xvi, (1)-287, (1) pp.
Contemporary marbled boards, worn, cracks in the joints, spine with some damage at head. Half-title, title and first 5 leaves stained in lower outer corner, otherwise somlight staining and foxing.

First edition of the first history of black literature.
Henri Grégoire (1750- 831), often referred to as Abbé Grégoire, was a French Roman Catholic priest, constitutional bishop of Blois and a revolutionary leader. He was an ardent abolitionist and supporter of universal suffrage, and was a founding member of the Bureau des longitudes, the Institut de France, and the Conservatoire national des arts et métiers. (Wikipedia).
From the library of Swedish antiquarian bookdealer Björn Löwendahl (1941-2013).

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6169

Datum:

2015-06-16

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