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Works of the late Dr. Benjamin Franklin consisting of his life
Selections. English
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- written by himself ; together with essays, humourous, moral and literary ; chiefly in the manner of The spectator
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- Life of Doctor Benjamin Franklin, &c
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- Sabin Americana, 1500-1926
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- Books
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- English
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- Publication
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- Huntingdon [Pa.] : Printed for the proprietor, 1800
- Physical Details
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- 2 v. in 1 : port. ; 17 cm
- Two volumes in one. Vol. 1 contains the Life of Franklin; vol. 2 the Essays.
- A collection of popular pieces edited by Benjamin Vaughan and first published in 1793 together with a back-translation of the autobiography from Gibelin's 1791 French ed. 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.
- Pref. to vol. 1 signed (p. vi): Richard Price.
- Frontis. port. of Franklin in a fur cap engraved by J. Bannerman.
- First ed. originally prepared for publication in 1791 but delayed until 1793.
- Sabin no. 25602.