[Rarebooks] FS: Early reprint (1758) of Benj. Franklin's 1744 edition of Cicero's treatise on old age.

[Kenneth Karmiole]

Cicero, Marcus Tullius. CATO MAJOR, or a Treatise on Old Age. With Explanatory Notes from the Roman History. By the Honourable James Logan... The Fourth Edition. Philadelphia, printed: Glasgow Reprinted, by R. Urie. 1758. 12mo. 168,(4)pp. Index. Mid 19th century calf, spine label reads "Cicero on old age." With the gold stamped name on the front cover, "William S. Elliott." Bottom of spine chipped. Title page has two other signatures at the top of the leaf by other members of the Elliott family. Some text soiling.    $450.00  (trade discount allowed)
A reprint of the Benjamin Franklin/James Logan edition of 1744, with the prefatory note by Franklin (p. iii-v). It is called "The Fourth Edition" on the title page, but is actually the third edition. The second edition is Glasgow: Urie. 1751, then followed by our 1758 Glasgow edition. Both Ford's FRANKLIN BIBLIOGRAPHY (#46) and Evans (#8101) refer to a Philadelphia: William Dunlap. 1758 edition, but this is in fact a ghost. Shipton & Mooney states, "Imprint assumed by Evans from the imprint of the Glasgow ed. All reported copies are actually the Glasgow ed." There is only 1 American printing (1744) in the 18th century. Ford. FRANKLIN #47. ESTC citation #N26825.

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