the life of benjamin franklin written by himself

The first printing of the Dublin edition, preceded in the same year only by the 2-volume first London edition-both preceding the first U. The present edition combines all of these previously published works, including some published for the first time in England. In 1787 a third collection of Philosophical and Miscellaneous Papers appeared, followed in 1793 by two volumes of his Works Consisting of his Life written by himself, together with Essays, Humorous, Moral & Literary, chefly in the manner of the Spectator. In 1779 another collection was printed of papers which had not appeared in the previous editions of Political, Miscellaneous, and Philosophical Pieces. In 1766 letters on the subject of philosophy were added. This was enlarged in 1752 and again in 1754. Franklin's works were first brought together in 1751, in a pamphlet which consisted of letters on the subject of electricity.

Nicholas Church has an L-shaped front pew designed to enable Mr Paxton to sit with his back to the wall as he was averse to having people sitting immediately behind him. The house was built in 1690 and recently rebuilt after a devastating fire in 2012. With the booklabel of Mr Paxton of Cholderton House, near Salisbury in Wiltshire. The bindings show some signs of wear but are sound and attractive. Occasional light spotting or browning and dust soiling, including to a few of the plates, but a good copy. (Joints, headcaps and tips of the corners worn). Bound in contemporary half calf, marbled paper sides, smooth spines divided into six panels by a gilt pallet, lettered in the second and numbered in the fourth, the others with a central ornament, plain endleaves, lightly sprinkled edges. Three engraved title-pages, frontispiece portrait, nine folding plates, one folding table, one double-page plate, three single page plates.

The life of benjamin franklin written by himself