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Lot 56:
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1 – Rare Hardcover Southern Institutes or An Inquiry into the Early Prevalence of Slavery and the Slave Trade with an analysis of the laws, history, and Government of the Institution in the principal nations, ancient and modern, from the earliest ages down to the present time with notes and comments in defense of the Southern Institutions by George S. Sawyer (a member of the Bar of Louisiana) published by J.B. Lippincott & Co. Philadelphia c. 1858. Brown embossed cloth cover with gilt lettering on spine. 393 pages in English. Book measures 9" x 6 1/4" x 1 9/16".
Condition: Condition – Good – Brown cloth cover worn, soiled and stained. Corners bumped and worn. Spine has loss to head and tail. Binding tight. Text block has toning and foxing throughout. Water stain on lower half. Please see photos.
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