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(HAITI.)
Group of three lithographic portraits of Damien Delva Compte de
Dame Marie, GeneralVil-du-Lubin, and Louis Etienne Felicite de Salomon, Haiti’s
“Militaires.”
Uniform 13x9 inches.
NewYork: F. D’Avignon, 1850s
[1,000/1,500]
A GROUP OF ENGRAVED PORTRAITS FROM DAGUERREOTYPES BY HARTMANN
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Three
of Haiti’s generals, during the Empire of Soulouque.
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(HAITI.) BIRD, M. B.Wesleyan Missionary.
The Earthquake: In Memory of
Departed Worth. Illustrating and Defending The Great Doctrine of a Particular
Providence in The Entire Overthrow of The City of Cape Haytien, Which
Occurred May The 7th, 1842 in The Republic of Hayti.
114 pages. Small 8vo, original
cloth with the title in gilt on the upper cover.
Jersey: C. Le Feuvre, 1870
[500/750]
FIRST EDITION OF A VERY SCARCE BOOK
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A PRESENTATION COPY FROM THE AUTHOR
TO HIS BROTHER
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IN
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LAW
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DATED IN THE MONTH OF PUBLICATION
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Bird was aWesleyan
missionary who lived on the island.This work is an epic poem on the earthquake of 1842,
in which the entire city of Cape Haytien was destroyed. It is of special interest in that the
author has provided copious footnotes on the disaster with first-hand information. Only a
small number of copies of this work were published. Bird also wrote a biography of Toussaint
L’Ouverture and another long poem, “The Victorious” on the death of Lincoln.
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