Franklin, Benjamin. - Posthumous works of B. Franklin. Unpub - Lot 216

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Franklin, Benjamin. - Posthumous works of B. Franklin. Unpub - Lot 216
Franklin, Benjamin. - Posthumous works of B. Franklin. Unpublished and secret correspondence of Dr. B. Franklin, minister plenipotentiary of the United States of America to the Court of France. From the year 1753 to 1790; offering, in three complete and distinct parts, 1° The memoirs of his private life; 2° The first causes of the American Revolution; 3° The history of the various negotiations between England, France and the United States. Published for the first time, in France, with notes, additions, etc. Paris, Janet Père, 1817. 2 volumes in-8 bound in contemporary fawn half-calf, imitation calf-raking paper boards, smooth spines decorated with 2 doves, title (red) and appendix (green) - X pp. (fx-title, title, publisher's notice, miscoded preface), 542 pp. ; [2 ff.], 480 pp. portrait of Franklin in frontispiece, engraved by Fr. Janet (T 1) and facsimile of Franklin's letter to Strahan (of 5/07/1775). Very fresh text.
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