[Rarebooks] FS: Benjamin Franklin Imprint, 1760

[Charles Agvent]

[FRANKLIN, Benjamin] LAW, William. AN EXTRACT FROM A TREATISE CALLED THE 
SPIRIT OF PRAYER; OR, THE SOUL RISING OUT OF THE VANITY OF TIME, INTO 
THE RICHES OF ETERNITY. DISCOVERING THE TRUE WAY OF TURNING TO GOD, AND 
OF FINDING THE KINGDOM OF HEAVEN THE RICHES OF ETERNITY IN OUR SOULS. 
Philadelphia: B. Franklin and D. Hall, 1760. First American Edition. 
Octavo (4-3/4" x 8"), printed wraps apparently removed from another 
volume; [1-2], 3-47, [1] pages. Campbell 648; Evans 8633; Hildeburn 
1681; Miller 731: "The inclusion of this piece in a 'Collection of 
Devotional Tracts' (1760) along with the treatises of William Dell and 
John Rutty suggests that its printing was commissioned by the Society of 
Friends in Philadelphia. The work was first published in London, 1750." 
"Philadelphia Pemberton" in old ink at the top and a faint red library 
stamp at the bottom of the title page which is detached and lightly 
frayed at the fore-edge; small blue ink number stamp at bottom margin of 
the first page of text; general toning to the paper. Overall Very Good. 
(#018485)        $750.00

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