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).
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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