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Poems on Various Subjects, Religious and Moral By Phillis Wheatley, Negro Servant to Mr. John Wheatley of Boston, in New-England
1816
Boston, Suffolk County, Massachusetts, United States, North and Central America
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An 1816 reprinting of Poems on Various Subjects, Religious and Moral by Phillis Wheatley, Negro Servant to Mr. John Wheatley of Boston, in New-England. Reprinted in New England, possibly Boston. Bookplate of Forbes Library in Northampton, Massachusetts. Perforated stamp on title page. The marbled paper cover with a leather-covered spine shows wear along the edges and corners. Spine is cracked. Cover has foxing overall and white accretion at the bottom left corner. The interior pages are yellowed but in good condition. 120 numbered pages.
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Catalog reference: A2021.113.1.19
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