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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, 1706-1790
Format Electronic and Book
Publication InfoNew 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]
Description2 volumes in 1 : 1 portrait ; 17 cm (8vo)
Supplemental Content Evans Digital Edition
Subject(s)
Other author/creatorPrice, Richard, 1723-1791.
Other author/creatorStueber, Henry, 1770?-1792.
Other author/creatorVaughan, Benjamin, 1751-1835, editor.
Other author/creatorMaverick, P. R. (Peter Rushton), 1755-1811, engraver.
Uniform titleWorks. 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 noteEdited 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 noteDate of publication supplied by Evans.
General notePagination: v. 1, [1], 6-174 p., 2 leaves of plates; v. 2, [1], 4-139, [5] p., 1 leaf of plates.
General noteFrontispiece 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 noteNote 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 formsMicroform version available in the Readex Early American Imprints series.
Reproduction noteElectronic 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/formAutobiographies.

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