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[Five plates from ''The Life and Adventures of Jonathan Jefferson Whitlaw: Or, Scenes on the Mississippi''.]
Drawn & Etched by A. Hervieu.
[London: Richard Bentley, 1836.]
Five engravings (of fifteen). Each sheet c. 120 x 200mm (4¾ x 8"). Bottom edges frayed by binding damage.
Five plates from Frances Milton Trollope's searing indictment of slavery in the Southern states of America, written from personal observations made during a stay in America (1827-31), including a journey from New Orleans up the Mississippi to Nashoba, Tennessee, and Cincinatti. The artist, Auguste Hervieu, accompanied them. The book was published fifteen years before ''Uncle Tom's Cabin''. Frances's fourth son was Anthony Trollope, author of the 'Chronicles of Barsetshire'.
[Ref: 51287] £300.00
[London: Richard Bentley, 1836.]
Five engravings (of fifteen). Each sheet c. 120 x 200mm (4¾ x 8"). Bottom edges frayed by binding damage.
Five plates from Frances Milton Trollope's searing indictment of slavery in the Southern states of America, written from personal observations made during a stay in America (1827-31), including a journey from New Orleans up the Mississippi to Nashoba, Tennessee, and Cincinatti. The artist, Auguste Hervieu, accompanied them. The book was published fifteen years before ''Uncle Tom's Cabin''. Frances's fourth son was Anthony Trollope, author of the 'Chronicles of Barsetshire'.
[Ref: 51287] £300.00