Abraham Lincoln
1879
Book, illustrated cloth binding "When in a republic a good, wise, and powerful citizen appears, which is but seldom, who establishes ordinances capable of appeasing or restraining slavery or license -- then the Government may be called free, and its institutions firm and secure" - Machiavelli, Florentine History, Book IV, chap. i.--t.p On cover and t.p. and at head of half-title page: The new Plutarch List of series titles precedes frontispiece Includes index--p. 245-246 2 pages of publisher's advertisements follow p. 246 Published in the United States as: Abraham Lincoln and the abolition of slavery in the United States Monaghan, J. Lincoln bibliography Fish, D. Lincoln bibliography Copy 1: Signature in ink at the top of t.p.: J. Robinson Copy 2: Lacks publication date on t.p 18
