Memoirs of the life and writings of Benjamin Franklin, ... Written by himself to a late period, and continued to the time of his death by his grandsom, William Temple Franklin. Comprising the private correspondence and public negociations of Dr. Franklin, and his select political, philosophical, and miscellaneous works, published from the original mss.
Benjamin Franklin (1706-1790)
Category
Books
Date
1818
Materials
Place of origin
London
Collection
Dunham Massey, Cheshire
NT 3248934
Summary
Bibliographic description
Second edition. 6v. : port. ; 22cm (8vo). Imperfect: vols. 1-4 only; accompanied by and uniform with v. 5 & 6 in 3rd ed. (1819). V.2 wants additional t.p. (1817). Provenance: nineteenth-century plain armorial bookplate, lettered: Edward Stanley [i.e. Rt Rev Edward Stanley (1779-1849)]. With nineteenth-century printed book label: Arthur Penrhyn Stanley, Dean of Westminster. 1881. [i.e Arthur Penrhyn Stanley (1815-1881)]. (The latter in v.1 only.) Binding: nineteenth-century calf; double gilt fillet border; spines damaged or mostly wanting; v.3 rebacked.
Makers and roles
Benjamin Franklin (1706-1790) William Temple Franklin (1760-1823)