BOOK
Title:
Works of the late Dr. Benjamin Franklin: consisting of his Life
Alt. Title:
Works. Selections. English. 1800
Creators:
Franklin, Benjamin, 1706-1790 | Price, Richard, 1723-1791 | Stueber, Henry, 1770?-1792 | Vaughan, Benjamin, 1751-1835 | Gibelin, Jacques, 1744-1828 | Bond, Nathaniel | Tedcastle, Arthur W. | David Center for the American Revolution
Publication:
s.n.] Printed for the proprietor, Huntingdon [Pa.], M, DCCC. [1800]
Notes:
Two volumes in one. Volume 1 contains the Life of Franklin, v. 2 the Essays. A collection of popular pieces edited by Benjamin Vaughan and originally published in 1793 together with a back-translation of the autobiography from Gibelin's 1791 French edition of the first fragment of Franklin's memoirs, composed in 1771, of the years 1706-1731; with Henry Steuber's continuation, appended in 1793. Earlier editorial work done by Richard Price. Signatures: v. 1, A-N¡; v. 2, A-K¡ (K6 verso blank). Frontispiece portrait of Franklin in a fur cap engraved by J. Bannerman. First ed. originally prepared for publication in 1791, but delayed until 1793.
Call #:
308 F85.H
Extent:
2 v. in 1 (vi, [1], 8-156, 119 p., [1] leaf of plates) : port. ; 17 cm. (12mo)
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