[Rarebooks] FS: Benjamin Franklin: Historical Review of the Constitution & Government of Pennsylvania, 1759

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[FRANKLIN, Benjamin]. AN HISTORICAL REVIEW OF THE CONSTITUTION AND
GOVERNMENT  OF PENNSYLVANIA, FROM ITS ORIGIN.... London: R.  Griffiths
1759.  First  Edition.  ...SO  FAR AS REGARDS THE  SEVERAL  POINTS  OF
CONTROVERSY,  WHICH  HAVE,  FROM  TIME TO  TIME,  ARISEN  BETWEEN  THE
SEVERAL  GOVERNORS  OF  THAT PROVINCE, AND THEIR  SEVERAL  ASSEMBLIES.
Octavo (4-3/4" x 8") bound in contemporary calf with gilt rules; viii,
[xviii],  444  pages.  Its  authorship  long  attributed  to  Benjamin
Franklin  (Thomas  Jefferson wrote "by Doctor Franklin" on  the  title
page  of his copy), many scholars now think it to have been written by
his  co-agent in London, Richard Jackson, with Franklin's advice,  but
there  is no concusive evidence either way. Paul Leicester Ford refers
to  it  as item 253 in his Franklin Bibliography. Howes  P-204;  Sabin
25512.  Old, small ink indentification number on the front  pastedown.
Light  wear  to the leather, some chipping to the head of  the  spine;
covers  secure.  Light  browning  throughout.   Very  Good  or  better
                                                               $1000.00

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