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Octavo. [2], 14 pp., illus. First edition, thus. As issued, in printed wrappers with an engraved portrait of Lincoln on the front wrapper and several in-text views within. Light rubbing and separation of the wrappers starting at the spine, but generally, and exceptionally crisp, clean copy. A notable speech before the newly formed Washingtonian Society, a temperance society that took a different approach for the period, attempting to reform individuals rather than reform all of society, leaning not on religious rhetoric, but on practical benefits of being sober--an approach that agreed with Lincoln. His address follows suit, and in sweeping form, he equates the temperance revolution for personal freedom from alcohol to the American Revolution for political freedom: "Happy day, when, all appetites controlled, all poisons subdued, all matter subjected, mind, all conquering mind, shall live and move the monarch of the world. Glorious consummation! Hail fall of Fury! Reign of Reason, all hail!" p. 13. Originally issued by the Society in 1882, the first edition is rare in commerce and with a scant 2 dozen institutional holdings. Even this 1889 reprint is quite uncommon with fewer than 20 institutions holding copies, a surprisingly small number for an address by a president, particularly one of Lincoln's stature. Seller Inventory # 9003
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Title: An Address Delivered by Abraham Lincoln, ...
Publisher: O. H. Oldboyd, Springfield, IL
Publication Date: 1889
Binding: Original Wrappers
Condition: Very Good+ binding
