BENJAMIN FRANKLIN Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin Edited

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BENJAMIN FRANKLIN. Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin, Edited . . . by John Bigelow. Frontispiece portrait. 409 pages. Large 12mo (4to-sized), publisher's cloth, minor wear and 1/2-inch chip to backstrip; minor foxing to plate; #84 of 100 copies on large paper. Philadelphia, 1868

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"This is not only the first appearance of the autobiography from Franklin's own copy, but also the first publication in English of the four parts, and the first publication of the very important outline autobiography. It is therefore the first edition of THE autobiography. . . . Mr. Bigelow has so thoroughly told the story of the history and recovery of this original MS. of Franklin . . . that nothing is left to say"--Ford, Franklin 423. Howes F323 ("aa").