[Rarebooks] FS: Ben Franklin[?]: HISTORICAL REVIEW OF THE CONSTITUTION AND GOVERNMENT OF PENNSYLVANIA, 1759

[Charles Agvent]

[FRANKLIN, Benjamin] AN HISTORICAL REVIEW OF THE CONSTITUTION AND 
GOVERNMENT OF PENNSYLVANIA, FROM ITS ORIGIN 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.
R. Griffiths London 1759 First Edition.  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 conclusive evidence 
either way.  Paul Leicester Ford refers to it as item 253 in his 
Franklin Bibliography.  Howes P-204; Sabin 25512.  Old, small ink 
identification 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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