BENJAMIN FRANKLIN Political Miscellaneous and Philosophical

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Sale 2687 - Lot 142

Estimate: $ 4,000 - $ 6,000

BENJAMIN FRANKLIN. Political, Miscellaneous, and Philosophical Pieces. 4 plates, folding table. xi, [1], 567, [7] pages. 8vo, contemporary calf, moderate wear, rebacked; moderate dampstaining; early bookplate removed from original front pastedown and laid in. London, 1779

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First collected edition, "the only edition of Franklin's writings (other than his scientific) which was printed during his lifetime"--Ford 342. Edited by the British politician Benjamin Vaughan, a friend of Franklin's who later helped negotiate the peace between their warring nations. Howes F330; Sabin 25565.

Provenance: William Constable (1721-1791) of Yorkshire, England, an avid natural history collector and Fellow of the Royal Society.

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