Works of the late Doctor Benjamin Franklin / consisting of his life written by himself ; together with Essays, humorous, moral & literary, chiefly in the manner of the Spectator

Object Details

Notes

Engraved t.p., with vignette (port.).

"A collection of the "popular" pieces of Franklin, together with a retranslation of the autobiography from the French translation of Gibelin, and Stuber's continuation. The editing was done by Benjamin Vaughan.--cf. P.L. Ford, Franklin bibl., no. 437.

In the present copy one leaf of errata (1 line) is bound at end of v. 1. DSI

Preface signed: Richard Price.

Contains three essays not in the first edition.

Eight-leaf gatherings without watermarks.

Sabin 25600.

Ford, P.L. Franklin, 438.

Data Source

Smithsonian Libraries

Date

1793

Call number

E302 .F825 1793b

E302.F825 1793b

Author

Franklin, Benjamin 1706-1790

Price, Richard 1723-1791

Vaughan, Benjamin 1751-1835

donor

Burndy Library DSI

Type

Books

Physical description

2 v. ; 19 cm. (12mo)

Record ID

siris_sil_323199

Usage

CC0