[Rarebooks] FS: First English Language Edition of THE PRIVATE LIFE OF THE LATE BENJAMIN FRANKLIN, 1793

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FRANKLIN, Benjamin. THE PRIVATE LIFE OF THE LATE BENJAMIN FRANKLIN,
LL.D....  London:  J.  Parsons 1793. First Edition.  ...LATE  MINISTER
PLENIPOTENTIARY FROM THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA TO FRANCE, &C., &C.,
&C.  ORIGINALLY  WRITTEN  BY  HIMSELF, AND  NOW  TRANSLATED  FROM  THE
FRENCH.  TO  WHICH  ARE  ADDED, SOME ACCOUNT  OF  HIS  PUBLIC  LIFE, A
VARIETY  OF  ANECDOTES  CONCERNING HIM, BY M. M.  BRISSOT,  CONDORCET,
ROCHEFOUCAULT,  LE  ROY,  &C  &C.  AND THE  EULOGIUM  OF  M.  FAUCHET,
CONSTITUTIONAL  BISHOP OF THE DEPARTMENT OF CALVADOS, AND A MEMBER  OF
THE  NATIONAL  CONVENTION. Octavo (5" x 8-1/8") bound in  contemporary
swirled  calf-backed green marbled boards with gilt rules to the spine
and  a  gilt-lettered tan morocco spine label; (i-vii), viii-xvi,  324
pages.    First   English  Language  Edition   of  this   classic   of
autobiography,   originally  published  in   Paris  in  1791.  Grolier
American   Hundred  21:  "The  most   widely  read  of  all   American
autobiographies ... it holds the essence of the American way of life";
Howes  F-323.  Lacks  A1,  likely a half-title  page.  Mild  edgewear;
short  split to top of front joint and bottom of rear, but covers  are
tight. Near Fine                                              $3500.00

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