The works of the late Dr. Benjamin Franklin : consisting of his Life written by himself : together with Essays humorous, moral, & literary, chiefly in the manner of the Spectator.
| Author/creator | Franklin, Benjamin |
| Format | Electronic |
| Publication Info | New York : Printed by Tiebout & Obrian for H. Gain, V. Nutter, R. McGill, T. Allen, J, Read, E. Duyckinck, & Co. and Edward Mitchell no. 9, Maiden Lane, [1794] |
| Description | 2 volumes in 1 : 1 portrait ; 17 cm (8vo) |
| Supplemental Content | Evans Digital Edition |
| Subjects |
| Other author/creator | Price, Richard, 1723-1791. |
| Other author/creator | Stueber, Henry, 1770?-1792. |
| Other author/creator | Vaughan, Benjamin, 1751-1835, editor. |
| Other author/creator | Maverick, P. R. (Peter Rushton), 1755-1811, engraver. |
| Uniform title | Works. 1794 |
| Series | Early American imprints. First series ; no. 27007. ^A478749 |
| General note | "A reprint of the first London edition. Though paged for two volumes, there is no title to the second part, and they were always issued together."--Ford, P.L. Franklin bibliography, 1889. The American Antiquarian Society copy has an identical engraved title page at the beginning of each of the two volumes. |
| General note | Edited by Benjamin Vaughan. Preface to v. 1 includes a letter from Richard Price. Pages 108-164 of v. 1 have the continuation of Franklin's Life written by Henry Stueber. |
| General note | Date of publication supplied by Evans. |
| General note | Pagination: v. 1, [1], 6-174 p., 2 leaves of plates; v. 2, [1], 4-139, [5] p., 1 leaf of plates. |
| General note | Frontispiece portrait and title pages engraved by P.R. Maverick. |
| General note | "Extracts from the last will and testament of Dr. Franklin."--v. 1, p. 165-174. |
| General note | Note to the binders, p. 140, regarding folding of signature A of v. 1, and noting the second gathering F of v. 2. |
| References | Evans 27007 |
| Other forms | Microform version available in the Readex Early American Imprints series. |
| Reproduction note | Electronic text and image data. [Chester, Vt. : Readex, a division of Newsbank, Inc., 2002-2004. Includes files in TIFF, GIF and PDF formats with inclusion of keyword searchable text. (Early American imprints. First series ; no. 27007). |
| Genre/form | Autobiographies. |
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| Electronic Resources | Access Content Online | ✔ Available |