[Rarebooks] For Sale: Franklin, Correspondance Inedite & Secrete, Orig. Wraps

[Norman Kane]

FRANKLIN, BENJAMIN.   CORRESPONDANCE INEDITE & SECRETE DEPUIS L'ANNEE 
1753 JUSQU'EN 1790; OFFRANT, EN TROIS PARTIES COMPLETES ET BIEN DISTINCTES,
1, LES MEMOIRES DE SA VIE PRIVEE; 2, LES CAUSES PREMIERES DE LA 
REVOLUTION AMERIQUE; 3, L'HISTOIRE DES DIVERSES NEGOCIATIONS ENTRE 
L'ANGLETERRE, LA FRANCE ET LES ETATS-UNIS.  PUBLIEE, POUR LA PREMIERE 
FOIS, EN FRANCE, AVEC DES NOTES, ADDITIONS, ETC.  [THE 3 PARTS IN 2 
VOLUMES, AS ISSUED.]   Paris: Janet Pere, Rue St.-Jacques, No. 59, 
1817. Original plain wrappers, edge-chipped, spine labels eroding 
(especially vol. 1.)  Approx. 8 1/4 X 5 1/2 inches, uncut.  Portrait, 
facsimile & a drawing of bifocals.   Vi, 542; viii, 480 pages.  Minor 
defects, including a light corner stain in part of vol. 2, but 
otherwise a clean, complete set, in a nice custom cloth clamshell 
box.    RARE IN WRAPPERS.  (Correspondence with Adams, Chas. Fox, 
Chas. Thomson, Dr. Rush, Wm. Franklin, Priestley, Lafayette, Burke, 
Francis Hopkinson, John Jay, his Daughter, Washington, Noah Webster, 
Thos. Cooper, Robt. Morris, Lavoisier, DuPont, et al. Topics include 
alphabet reform, printing innovations, press abuse and defamation, 
the Constitution, Abolition of Slavery, Indian Lands, &c, &c, &c.)
$650.00     (Trade Discount Available)


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