[Rarebooks] FS: The only collected edition of Ben Franklin published in his lifetime. 1779

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Franklin, Benjamin. POLITICAL, MISCELLANEOUS, AND PHILOSOPHICAL PIECES... Now 
First Collected, with Explanatory Plates, Notes, and an Index to the Whole. 
London: J. Johnson. 1779. 8vo. xii,567,(7)pp. Index. With 3 engraved plates (1 
folding), and a folding table, but lacking the portrait. Early 20th c. half 
brown morocco, gilt. A.e.g. Title page with some old soiling, with a small hole 
above the imprint. The title and next leaf were repaired (reinforced) at the 
fore-margin; now these leaves are a bit chipped at the fore-margin and top 
margin.     $1,000.00 (trade discount allowed)
The only edition of Franklin’s writings published during his lifetime and 
with his consent. Edited by his friend Benjamin Vaughan. New Howes F334; Sabin 
25565; Adams 79-38b; Ford #342.

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