[Rarebooks] FS: 1759 Review of the Constitution of Pennsylvania, Ben Franklin

[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. London: R. Griffiths, 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. 		$1,000.00

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