ARMISTEAD, WILSON. A Tribute for the Negro: Being a Vindication of the Moral, Intellectual and Religious Capabilities of the Coloured Portion of Mankind Engraved frontispiece and additional engraved portraits. Thick large 8vo, original gilt-pictorial

ARMISTEAD, WILSON. A Tribute for the Negro: Being a Vindication of the Moral, Intellectual and Religious Capabilities of the Coloured Portion of Mankind Engraved frontispiece and additional engraved portraits. Thick large 8vo, original gilt-pictorial plum colored cloth neatly rebacked with original spine laid down. Manchester: William Irwin, 1848 E600/800 FIRST EDITION. The exceptional engravings include Olaudah Equiano, Toussaint l'Ouverture, James Pennington, Frederick Douglass and Cinque. Articles and essays include some short slave narratives, etc. An important source book. Schomburg Collection, microfilm copy; not in Blockson Collection; Sabin 2007; Hubbard 1499; Work, page 570. [SEE ILLUSTRATION OVERLEAF]