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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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Status	Format	Access	Call Number	Item Location
Request Appointment Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Schwarzman Building to submit a request in person.	Text	Restricted use	*KF 1788 (Clarkson, T. Essay on the impolicy of the African slave trade)	Schwarzman Building - Rare Book Collection Room 328
Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Schomburg Center to submit a request in person.	Text	Use in library	Sc Rare 326.1-C (Clarkson, T. Essay on the impolicy of the African)	Schomburg Center - Manuscripts & Archives
Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Schomburg Center to submit a request in person.	Text	Request in advance	Sc Rare C 16-10 (Lapidus Collection)	Schomburg Center - Manuscripts & Archives
Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Schomburg Center to submit a request in person.	Text	Request in advance	Sc Rare C 16-9 (Lapidus Collection)	Schomburg Center - Manuscripts & Archives

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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).

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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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