Memoirs of the life and writings of Benjamin Franklin ...
Benjamin Franklin (Author), William Temple Franklin, Henry Colburn (Printer), Charles Pye (Engraver), Sidney Hall (Engraver), John Swaine (Engraver), Henry Stevens (Former owner), W. Pratt (Binder), Benjamin Franklin Collection (Library of Congress)
Print Book, English, 1818
Printed for Henry Colburn, London, 1818
Biographies
6 volumes : illustrations, map ; 24 cm
56086035
Vol. 1-2. Life
v. 3-4. Correspondence
v. 4-5. Posthumous and other writings
Vol. 1: xii, 541 p., [1] leaf of plates : port.; v. 2: 452 p.; v. 3: xxiv, 486 p., [1] leaf of plates (folded) : facsim.; v. 4: xi, 480 p.; v. 5: xvi, 493 p.; v. 6: viii, 523, [4] p., [6] leaves of plates (4 folded) : ill., map
Vols. 3-4 have added special t.p., dated 1817, with title: The private correspondence of Benjamin Franklin ..
Vols. 5-6 have added special t.p., dated 1819, with title: Posthumous and other writings of Benjamin Franklin ..
Plate in v. 1 with portrait of Franklin engraved by Chas. Pye; plates in vols. 3 and 6 engraved by Sidney Hall or John Swaine
Vol. 6 contains index. Publisher's advertisements: v. 4: p. [477]-480; v. 6: [4] p. at end
LC copy imperfect: v. 5 lacks collective t.p. and v. 6 lacks 1 leaf of plates