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Author: Sharp, Granville
Title: Three Tracts on the Syntax and Pronunciation of the Hebrew Tongue; with an Appendix addressed to the Hebrew Nation
Place Published: London
Publisher: Printed by W. Calvert for Vernor and Hood, et al.
Date Published: 1804
Description:

[4], 65, [1], 106, 32, [blank leaf], 146, 38 pp. (12mo), original boards.

Significant treatises on the Hebrew language. The author, howerver, Granville Sharp (1735-1813), is better remembered as one of the first English campaigners for the abolition of the slave trade. Sharp formulated the plan to settle blacks in Sierra Leone, and founded the St. George's Bay Company, a forerunner of the Sierra Leone Company. His efforts led to both the founding of the Province of Freedom, and later on Freetown, Sierra Leone, and he is considered to be one of the founding fathers of Sierra Leone.

Rubbing and wear to boards, spines strip mostly perished; some minor soiling within, address label and ownership signature on front endpapers, still very good, in rare untrimmed state in the original boards.