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GUSN-145939
v, [4], 10-124, [4] p., [1] leaf of plates : port. ; 18 cm. (4to)
Wheatley, Phillis, 1753-1784.
London: : Printed for A. Bell, bookseller, Aldgate; and sold by Messrs. Cox and Berry, King-street, Boston.
v, [4], 10-124, [4] p., [1] leaf of plates : port. ; 18 cm. (4to)
First edition; cf. Afro-Americana, 1553-1906 (Philadelphia: Library Co.), no. 11111; Negro history, 1553-1903 (Philadelphia. Library Co.), no. 194; and The Negro in the United States, by Dorothy B. Porter, no. 1284.
Frontispiece (trimmed and mounted) is an engraved port. of the author.
"Published ... Septr. 1st, 1773 by Archd. Bell, bookseller no. 8 near the Saracens Head Aldgate."--Front.
Signatures: Abigail Quincy 1774
Advertisements: [1] p. at end. ESTC describes two states: this one has as first line: Lately published, (price 5s. sewed.).
Rare PS866.W5 1773
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