FRANKLIN BENJAMIN The Private Life of the Late Benjamin Fran

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FRANKLIN, BENJAMIN. The Private Life of the Late Benjamin Franklin. xvi, 324 pages. 8vo, 1/4 calf, minor wear; moderate foxing; front hinge starting, lacking half-title; later pencil signature on front free endpaper. London, 1793

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first edition of the autobiography in english. Part One of Franklin's memoirs was first published in an unauthorized 1791 French translation, and then imperfectly translated back into English for this edition. Though the words are not precisely Franklin's, "it must nevertheless always be of interest as the first edition of Franklin's autobiography which appeared in English"--Ford 386. Howes F323 ("aa").