[Rarebooks] FS: Branagan's poem against slavery. Philadelphia: 1805

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Branagan, Thomas. AVENIA: OR, A TRAGICAL POEM, ON THE OPPRESSION OF THE HUMAN 
SPECIES, AND INFRINGEMENT ON THE RIGHTS OF MAN. In Six Books, with Notes 
Explanatory and Miscellaneous. Written in Imitation of Homer’s Iliad. 
Philadelphia: Printed for Silas Engles; and Samuel Wood. 1805. First edition. 12mo. 
358,(2)pp. Engraved frontispiece. Cont. sheep, rubbed, head & foot of spine chipped, 
front cover nearly detached. 1/2” strip torn from top blank margin of title 
(no text loss). Title & frontis. foxed & occasional foxing throughout.     
$500.00 (trade discount allowed)
AMERICAN BIBLIOGRAPHY, 1805 #8076. Wegelin, Early American Poetry #878.

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