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Freeman, J.J. & D.Johns. A Narrative of the Persecution of the Christians in Madagascar; with Details of the Escape of the Six Christian Refugees Now in England. London, Snow ; 1840. With title vignette and colored frontispiece by G. Baxter VIII, 298 pp., 6 pp. publisher's advertisement. Original embossed cloth binding, repaired, with new endpapers. Very good interior, minor occasional foxing First edition. The frontispiece with an illustration of the refugees waiting for rescue on the beach of Tamatave, in a rarely used oilcolour printing technique, the socalled Baxter print size: 4 3/4 by 7 3/4 inches Text in English
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1840 Narrative of the Persecution of the Christians in Madagascar ANTIQUE
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Ink of Ages: 15th-19th Century Antique Books
Jul 02, 2026 7:00 PM EDTNew York, NY, United States
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