An Essay on the Causes of the Variety of Complexion and Figure in the Human Species. To which are added, strictures on Lord Kames' Discourse on the Original Diversity of Mankind.

Smith, Samuel Stanhope.

Published by Philadelphia Printed, and Edinburgh Reprinted for C. Elliot, Edinburgh; and C. Elliot and T . Kay, London, 1788

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8vo. 217pp. Good clean copy in contemporary marbled boards rebacked in calf. Sabin 84104. The first significant anthropological treatise written in America. Smith argued that all mankind belonged to the same family and so opposed slavery. He attributed diversity within the species to environmental influences.

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Title: An Essay on the Causes of the Variety of Complexion and Figure in the Human Species. To which are added, strictures on Lord Kames' Discourse on the Original Diversity of Mankind.
Publisher: Philadelphia Printed, and Edinburgh Reprinted for C. Elliot, Edinburgh; and C. Elliot and T . Kay, London
Publication Date: 1788
Binding: Hardcover
Condition: Very good

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