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Private Correspondence of Benjamin Franklin

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Title: The Private Correspondence of Benjamin Franklin...Comprising an Series of Letters on Miscellaneous, Literary, and Political Subjects: Written Between the Years 1753 and 1790; Illustrating the Memoirs of his Public and Private Life, and Developing the Secret History of his Political Transactions and Negociations[sic] - Volume 2 only
Author: Franklin, Benjamin
Description: (iii)-xxiv; 449 pp. Engraved frontispiece facsimile of Franklin's handwriting. (4to) 25.8x21 cm. (10x8¼"), early half calf and boards, black leather spine label lettered in gilt. First Edition.Issued as Volume 2 of the Memoirs of Benjamin Franklin, but issued preceding the first volume due to "unavoidable circumstances having retarded the printing".
Heading: Place Published: London
Publisher: Henry Colburn
Date Published: 1817