GURNEY (Joseph John). Un Hiver aux Antilles en 1839-40, ou Lettres sur les résultats de l'abolition de l'esclavage dans les colonies anglaises des Indes Occidentales, adressées à Henri Clay, du Kentucky. Translated from the English 3rd edition by J. J. Pacaud. Paris, Firmin-Didot, 1842. In-8, green half calf, smooth spine, gilt fillets, cover (Modern binding). Letters written from St. Croix, St. Thomas, St. Christopher, Antigua, Dominica, Jamaica and Cuba, and which are an unequivocal plea for abolition, the English colonies to serve as an example to the French colonies.