An edition of Works of the late Doctor Benjamin Franklin (1793)

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 : in two volumes.

by Benjamin Franklin

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An edition of Works of the late Doctor Benjamin Franklin (1793)

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 : in two volumes.

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1 Works of the late Doctor Benjamin Franklin: consisting of his Life, written by himself, together with Essays, humourous, moral & literary, chiefly in the manner of the Spectator. In two volumes. 1794, Printed for G. G. J. and J. Robinson - Third edition.	bbbb Read Listen
2 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. 1793, Printed for P. Wogan, P. Byrne, J. Moore, and W. Jones. in English	bbbb Read Listen
3 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 : in two volumes. 1793, Printed for G.G.J. and J. Robinson, Pater-noster Row in English	aaaa Read Listen
4 Works of the late Doctor Benjamin Franklin 1793, Printed for G. G. J. and J. Robinson - 2d ed.	bbbb Read Listen

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Edition Notes

LC copy has boookplate of Henry Stevens. Signed binding: "R. de Coverly for H. Stevens, 1882".
Ford, P.L. Franklin bibliography, 437
ESTC T152381
Engraved t.p., with vignette portrait of Franklin.
Added engraved t.p. without date; otherwise a duplicate of that dated 1793.
"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 ... The first issue of this edition contains an "erratum." There is a second issue in which these errors were corrected." Cf. Ford.
In the present copy one leaf of errata (3 lines) is bound at end of v. 1.
Earlier editorial work done by Richard Price, who died in 1791.
Vol. 1: [1], vi-ix, [3], 317, [3] p.; v. 2: [4], 268 p.

Published in: London
Genre: Biography.

Classifications

Library of Congress: PS745 .A2 1793

The Physical Object

Pagination: 2 v. ;

ID Numbers

Open Library: OL6636026M
Internet Archive: b28770195_0002
LCCN: 21012627

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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 : in two volumes.

by Benjamin Franklin