1832 · Nashvill
by Lindsley, Philip
Nashvill, 1832. 67pp. Original stiff paper wrappers. Dust soiling to wraps. Contemporary ownership inscription on rear wrapper. Toning and foxing. Good. Lindsley undertook the presidency of Cumberland College in 1825, then the only college in the lower Mississippi Valley, when it had just been chartered as the University of Nashville. Both addresses discuss the importance of higher education in Tennessee. This issue has two titlepages and continuous pagination. ALLEN IMPRINTS 986, 988 (ref). AII (TENNESSEE) 456, 457 (ref). (Inventory #: WRCAM53700)