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Old price sticker to ffep. Scholar's initial to inner cover (Jenifer Neils). Spine slightly sunned. Tiny stain to base of textblock. ; Emphasizing the variety of systems of servitude, the author surveys the development of chattel slavery and then describes several cases in which entire communities were subjected. Next he considers the theories by which the Greeks justified the enslavement of particular peoples, and points out the absence of slavery in some Greek conceptions of utopia. He also discusses such topics as the condition of slaves in the various poleis, the role played by slaves in political life and in civic defense, the rarity of genuine slave revolts, and the means by which slaves and Helots sometimes reached accommodation with their masters. ; 0.75 x 9.25 x 6.25 Inches; 310 pages
Broch?. 303 pages.
(4), 74pp cartonnage moderne, couvertures conservées 1839, 1839, in-8, (4), 74pp, cartonnage moderne, couvertures conservées, PREMIÈRE ÉDITION, rare, de ce mémoire extrait, avec pagination nouvelle, de la Bibliothèque universelle de Genève (Janvier 1839). Il constitue en fait, selon son auteur, un appendice à un ouvrage qu'il avait publié l'année précédente. Agénor de Gasparin (1810-1871) fut d'abord chef de Cabinet de son père ministre de l'intérieur avant de commencer une longue carrière politique
In-12, broché, couverture imprimée, dos renforcé, viii, 556 p., non coupé, rouss. Ecrit au moment de la guerre de sécession. L'avenir des Etats-Unis et de ses institutions, le Sud, l'esclavage, Saint-Domingue et le Mexique, etc.
xv + 213pp., dans la série "Studia Friburgensia. Nouvelle série" volume 42, 24cm., brochure originale, bon état, G105832
DJ in mylar; Slavery was widespread throughout the Mediterranean lands where Christianity was born and developed. Though Christians were both slaves and slaveholders, there has been surprisingly little study of what early Christians thought about the realities of slavery. How did they reconcile slavery with the Gospel teachings of brotherhood and charity? Slaves were considered the sexual property of their owners: what was the status within the Church of enslaved women and young male slaves who were their owners' sexual playthings? Is there any reason to believe that Christians shied away from the use of corporal punishments so common among ancient slave owners? Jennifer A. Glancy brings a multilayered approach to these and many other issues, offering a comprehensive re-examination of the evidence pertaining to slavery in early Christianity. Drawing on a wide variety of sources, Glancy situates early Christian slavery in its broader cultural setting. She argues that scholars have consistently underestimated the pervasive impact of slavery on the institutional structures, ideologies, and practices of the early churches and of individual Christians. The churches, she shows, grew to maturity with the assumption that slaveholding was the norm, and welcomed both slaves and slaveholders as members. Glancy draws attention to the importance of the body in the thought and practice of ancient slavery. To be a slave was to be a body subject to coercion and violation, with no rights to corporeal integrity or privacy. Even early Christians who held that true slavery was spiritual in nature relied, ultimately, on bodily metaphors to express this. Slavery, Glancy demonstrates, was an essential feature of both the physical and metaphysical worlds of early Christianity. ; 203 pages
8vo., First Edition, with maps in the text; brown cloth, gilt back, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper.
ix, 164 p. 25 cm. Hardcover Very good condition, spine ends chipped, inner hinges appear to be reglued Howes G353
In-8 (220 x143 mm), broché sous couture, 32 p., non rogné. Edition grenobloise à la date de l’originale parisienne. Important texte théorique lu le 26 septembre 1791, par l’abbé Grégoire, devant la Société des amis de la Constitution qu’il présidait et qui deviendra le club des Jacobins. Alors que l’Assemblée constituante se séparait pour faire place à la Législative, Grégoire analyse avec sévérité les travaux de l’Assemblée durant sa session de vingt-neuf mois et en appelle à un nouvel élan révolutionnaire. Il revient sur la question de l’inviolabilité du roi et s’interroge sur la validité des institutions, notamment le régime monarchique. D’importantes pages sont consacrées à la question de l’esclavage dans lesquels Grégoire constate l’échec de ses tentatives abolitionnistes et attaque violemment le lobby pro esclavagiste ainsi que les colons blancs des îles. WorldCat ne recense qu’un unique exemplaire de cette édition grenobloise dans le monde. Quelques piqûres éparses. Bon exemplaire, non rogné, tel que paru.
in-8, 383 pp., broché, couverture illustrée. Tres bel exemplaire. [CA31-5]
Two volumes bound in one. 423p. Lacks two preliminary leaves. 12mo. Crudely rebound. First American Edition from the London edition of Longman. Howes G-449. Francis Joseph Grund (1805-1863) was a German-born American journalist and author. He spoke several languages, including German, English, and French. In his writings and public speeches, Grund campaigned in favor of various politicians, including Martin van Buren, William Henry Harrison, and James Buchanan. The Buchanan administration hired him as a special agent who was sent to Europe in order to report on political and commercial developments there. **PRICE JUST REDUCED! AMERICANA BOX 3
Format de poche. Bon ?tat.
Format de poche. Bon ?tat.
Book is in excellent condition; appears unread with creaseless covers and spine. Binding is solid and square, covers have sharp corners, exterior shows no blemishes, text/interior is clean and free of marking of any kind. Publisher's page reads " First Dell Printing, November 1977." 729 pages on age-toned paper.
251pp., 22cm., relié en couv.cart., br.orig. conservée, 2 cachets, texte frais et sans rousseurs, bon état, G86918
in-8°, 296 pp., biblio, broche, couverture illustree. Bel exemplaire. [CA29-30]
420 p. Comparison of free & slave states by a non-slave owning North Carolinian. Hardcover Good condition; spine chipped & split
Un volume in 8vo di 458 pagine. Tela del tempo. Prima edizione europea (Europa continentale) in francese del più famoso romanzo antischiavista
330p., illus. (facsims.) Hardcover Very good condition
In-12, demi-basane rouge de l'époque, dos à 4 faux-nerfs orné de filets et fleurons dorés entre-nerfs, titre doré, (4), 418 p. (qqs rouss.). Nouvelle traduction, donnée par Félix Mornand, de cet ouvrage publié en anglais à Boston en 1836 sous le titre 'The slave; or, Memoirs of Archy Moore'. Historien, journaliste et économiste, très critique vis-à-vis de la société américaine de son temps, l'auteur milita très tôt et tout au long de sa vie pour l'abolition. Composé après un séjour forcé dans le sud des États-Unis, cette oeuvre est considérée comme le premier roman anti-esclavagiste américain et l'une des sources principales de 'La Case de l'oncle Tom'. (Hoefer, XXIV, 678. Sabin, 31791. Work, 465).
In 12°; due tomi in un volume: 249, (3) pp. e 4 c. di tav. fuori testo compresi l'antiporta ed il frontespizio incisi, 286, (2) pp. e 4 c. di tav. fuori testo compresi l'antiporta ed il frontespizio incisi. Bella legatura coeva in mezza-pelle scura con titolo, numeri dei volumi e filetti in oro al dorso. Un piccolo difetto alla parte bassa della cerniera del piatto anteriore. Piatti foderati con carta marmorizzata coeva, qualche strofinatura. All'interno in buone-ottime condizioni di conservazione. Traduzione di Gaspare Aureggio. Senza data ma 1825, la Libreria Viscontini non stampò nulla dopo il 1826. Prima edizione italiana, una seconda fu stampata solo nel 1853 da Borroni e Scotti, di questo romanzo "abolizionista", scritta dal noto giornalista, storico e scrittore americano, Richard Hildreth (Deerfield, Massachusetts 28 giugno 1807 - Firenze 11 luglio 1865). È meglio conosciuto per aver scritto una nota Storia degli Stati Uniti d'America in sei volumi che copre il periodo 1497-1821 che venne pubblicata nel 1840-1853. Gli storici la considerano una storia politica molto accurata della prima Repubblica ma con un forte pregiudizio a favore del Partito Federalista e dell'abolizione della schiavitù. L'autore frequentò la Phillips Exeter Academy, a partire dal 1816, e rimanendo per sette anni. Nel 1826 si laureò all'Harvard College. Dopo aver studiato legge a Newburyport, fu ammesso all'Ordine degli Avvocati di Boston nel 1830. Nel 1832, Hildreth divenne co-fondatore ed editore del quotidiano "Boston Atlas". Nel 1834, scrisse questo popolare romanzo contro la schiavitù "The Slave: or Memoir of Archy Moore" pubblicato nel 1836, poi ampliato nel 1852. Nel 1837 scrisse per l'"Atlas" una serie di articoli che si opponevano con forza all'annessione del Texas. Nello stesso anno pubblicò un importante scritto sulle banche e la valuta cartacea, opera che ha contribuito a promuovere la crescita del sistema bancario libero in America. Nel 1838 riprese i suoi doveri editoriali sull'Atlas, ma nel 1840 si trasferì, a causa della sua salute, nella Guyana britannica, dove visse per tre anni e fu redattore di due settimanali che uscivano in contemporanea a Georgetown. Nello stesso anno pubblicò in questo un volume in opposizione alla schiavitù, Dispotismo in America (2a ed., 1854). Tra il 1857 e il 1860 Hildreth lavorò per il New York Tribune e nello stesso periodo scrisse diversi trattati contro la schiavitù per il nascente partito repubblicano sotto vari pseudonimi. La cattiva salute lo costrinse a ritirarsi dalla sua carriera di scrittore nel 1860. In qualità di governatore del Massachusetts, Nathaniel Prentiss Banks e il senatore Charles Sumner, fecero pressioni per la nomina di Hildreth come console degli Stati Uniti a Trieste, carica che ottenne, nel 1861. Nel 1865 si dimise da quella posizione e si trasferì a Firenze, dove morì l'11 luglio 1865. È sepolto vicino a Theodore Parker nel Cimitero degli Inglesi, Firenze. Questa prima edizione italiana è assai rara.
318p. Based on the diaries of Arnold who was a Providence, R.I. businessman & a Georgia plantation owner at the same time. Hardcover Very good condition very good d.j. good
376p. Addressed to Rt. Rev. Alonzo Potter. Hardcover Good condition. hinges chipped, top of spine missing (1")
Scholar's bookplate to inner cover (G. P. Goold). Minor shelfwear to DJ. ; Sociological Studies in Roman History, Vol. 1; 268 pages; The enormous size of the Roman empire and the length of time it endured call for an understanding of the institutions which sustained it. In this book, Keith Hopkins, who is both classicist and sociologist, uses various sociological concepts and methods to gain new insights into how traditional Roman institutions changed as the Romans acquired their empire. He examines the chain reactions resulting from increased wealth; various aspects of slavery, especially manumission and the cost of freedom; the curious phenomenon of the political power wielded by eunuchs at court; and in the final chapter he discusses the Roman emperor's divinity and the circulation of untrue stories, which were a currency of the political system. Professor Hopkins has developed an exciting approach to social questions in antiquity and his book should be of interest to all students of ancient history and of historical sociology.
196p. Issued by the publisher without the Conclusion, p. 197-200. Hardcover Good condition, lacking leaf preceding t.p., endpapers chipped
