457. FREDERICK DOUGLASS (1817 - 1895) Black-Americanreformer born a slave, Douglass was instrumental in the creation of the UnionNegro regiments which fought with great distinction during the war.Exceptionally rare signed book, Undine, and Sintram and His Companions,by Friedrich de la Motte Fouque, George P. Putnam, New York, 1850, boldly signed"Fred'k Douglass" on the front flyleaf. A later bookplate is applied tothe front pastedown, covers worn and stained, spine worn with hinges almostbroken, contents a bit foxed. Douglass' pre-war signature is rare; his signedbooks are almost non-existent. $2,000 - 3,000