Ueber den gesezlichen Zustand der Negersklaven in Westindien
By: Ein Auszug aus Petit Traité sur le gouvernement des esclaves. Von Reichard. Bibliothekar in Gotha
Contributors: Reichard, Heinrich August Ottokar, 1751-1828; Wrisberg, D.
Publisher: in der Weygandschen Buchhandlung
Published: 1779
Place of publication: Leipzig
Language: ger
Number of pages: 160
Subjects: Colonies; Law and legislation; Slavery
Other titles: Über den gesezlichen Zustand der Negersklaven in Westindien.
Work titles: Traité sur le gouvernement des esclaves
Notes: Condensed translation, by Heinrich Ottokar Reichard, of the author's: Traité sur le gouvernement des esclaves, first printed Paris in two volumes in 1777.

The original Paris, 1777 edition has also been attributed to Jacques Petit, a son of Emilien Petit, an advocate in Martinique. Cf. Sabin.

Signatures:

Engraved vignette on title page.

Cf. Sabin, 61253.

Signatures: [A]⁸ ([A]1, [A]2 versos blank) B-K⁸ *1.

John Carter Brown Library copy imperfect: table of contents leaf, pasted to p. 9, is misbound and should follow p. 160.

John Carter Brown Library copy bound in contemporary buff paper covered boards.

John Carter Brown Library copy acquired with the assistance of the Harper Fund.

Provenance of the John Carter Brown Library copy: Wrisberg. D.: ms. autograph on title page.