1851 Benjamin Franklin Life & Autobiography Essays Marriage Slavery Chess Wealth



“Either write something worth reading or do something worth writing.”

― Benjamin Franklin



Benjamin Franklin’s famous ‘Autobiography’. This book is often considered Franklin’s best-known book and is an important part of Americana. Originally known as ‘Memoirs’ by Franklin himself, ‘Autobiography’ covers each aspect of Franklin’s life including his studies in French, various letters he wrote while in Paris, the progress of his philosophies and experiments on electricity.



According to the Grolier American 100, Franklin’s ‘Memoirs’ is,

“The most widely read of all American autobiographies, ‘Memoirs’ holds the essence of the American way of life.”



This pre-Civil War era printing of ‘The Life of Dr. Benjamin Franklin’ includes the portrait frontispiece of Benjamin Franklin and his essays on observations on war, marriage, chess, nautical affairs, the slave trade, whitewashing, tradesmen and more.



Item number: #23048

Price: $499



FRANKLIN, Benjamin



The life of Benjamin Franklin, written by himself : to which is added his miscellaneous essays



New York and Auburn: Miller, Orton, & Mulligan, 1851.



Details:

Collation: Complete with all pages

[2], 375, [9]

Language: English

Provenance: Handwritten – Thomas H. Hickman

Binding: Hardcover, tight and secure

Green Cloth

Size: ~7.5in X 5in (19cm x 13cm)



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