1831 RARE SLAVE SHIP WOODCUT. Notices of Brazil in 1828 and 1829. With Important Woodcut. Autograph A nice little early 19th

A nice little early 19th century sammelband including the first six issues of the short-lived "The Village" literary paper

small cloth split at one hinge

Danger Island

and James Prestley [eds

1831 RARE SLAVE SHIP WOODCUT. Notices of Brazil in 1828 and 1829. With Important Woodcut. Autograph A nice little early 19thNot a pristine volume by any accounting, but it preserves the fantastic woodcut produced in the manner of the original, famed cut used by Thomas Clarkson and William Wilberforce and distributed 'round the world in the abolitionist's cause. Fascinatingly, this iteration is for a ship designed to smuggle slaves in by hiding them in secret 36 inch "floors" between decks, with the rest of the ship loaded with regular cargo, to legitimize the ships