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Lot 127: WILLIAMSON, PETER.

Est: £500 GBP - £700 GBPSold:
Sotheby'sLondon, United KingdomOctober 29, 2009

Item Overview

Description

FRENCH AND INDIAN CRUELTY EXEMPLIFIED, IN THE LIFE AND VARIOUS VICISSITUDES OF FORTUNE OF PETER WILLIAMSON, WHO WAS CARRIED OFF FROM ABERDEEN IN HIS INFANCY, AND SOLD FOR A SLAVE IN PENNSYLVANIA. .EDINBURGH..: J. STEWART, 1787.
8vo (175 x 105mm.), engraved portrait frontispiece, nineteenth-century red morocco gilt, triple gilt fillet borders on covers, edges uncut

Artist or Maker

Literature

Howes W500; Sabin 104473

Provenance

5th Earl of Rosebery, amorial bookplate

Notes



This narrative of kidnapping, shipwreck, and Indian captivity was one of the most popular of all such publications in England. Peter Williamson (1730-1799) travelled through England advertising his book, dressed as a Delaware Indian (as shown in the frontispiece).

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