Nov 25, 2014 - Sale 2368

Sale 2368 - Lot 116

Price Realized: $ 780
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 400 - $ 600
FRANKLIN IMPRINT (EARLY AMERICAN IMPRINT.) Dell, William. The Trial of Spirits, both in Teachers and Hearers. 8vo, later 1/2 morocco, minor wear; foxing. Philadelphia: B. Franklin and D. Hall, 1760
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This edition of a 1653 English tract was initiated by the Philadelphia Quaker meeting, but they eventually decided not to attach their name to it. A select group of Quakers then covered the printing cost by private subscription. Evans 8578; Miller, Franklin 726.