![[COLLEGE OF PENNSYLVANIA]. Viris prcellentissimis, Thom Penn ac Richardo Penn, armigeris,...Provinciae Pennsylvaniae...viro dignissimo, literis humanioribus ornatissimo Jacobo Hamilton, armigero, praedict provinci et comitatuum, vice-gubernatori proclarissimo nec non hujus Collegii & Academi Philadelphiensis curatori ...Haec philosophemata sub prfecti moderamine (Deo opt. maxo favente) discutienda, juvenes in artibus initiate... [Philadelphia]: Ex typis Gulielmi Dunlap, [1761].](https://www.christies.com/img/LotImages/2011/NYR/2011_NYR_02514_0014_000(college_of_pennsylvania_viris_prcellentissimis_thom_penn_ac_richardo_p093642).jpg?w=1)
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[COLLEGE OF PENNSYLVANIA]. Viris prcellentissimis, Thom Penn ac Richardo Penn, armigeris,...Provinciae Pennsylvaniae...viro dignissimo, literis humanioribus ornatissimo Jacobo Hamilton, armigero, praedict provinci et comitatuum, vice-gubernatori proclarissimo nec non hujus Collegii & Academi Philadelphiensis curatori ...Haec philosophemata sub prfecti moderamine (Deo opt. maxo favente) discutienda, juvenes in artibus initiate... [Philadelphia]: Ex typis Gulielmi Dunlap, [1761].
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[COLLEGE OF PENNSYLVANIA]. Viris prcellentissimis, Thom Penn ac Richardo Penn, armigeris,...Provinciae Pennsylvaniae...viro dignissimo, literis humanioribus ornatissimo Jacobo Hamilton, armigero, praedict provinci et comitatuum, vice-gubernatori proclarissimo nec non hujus Collegii & Academi Philadelphiensis curatori ...Haec philosophemata sub prfecti moderamine (Deo opt. maxo favente) discutienda, juvenes in artibus initiate... [Philadelphia]: Ex typis Gulielmi Dunlap, [1761].
Folio broadside (17¼ x 13 7/8 in). Border of printers' ornaments, bold heading, text in four columns. (Stain in center, margins somewhat frayed, otherwise a good copy).
ONE THE EARLIEST CLASSES AT THE ACADEMY, CHARITABLE SCHOOL AND COLLEGE OF PENNSYLVANIA. A complex broadside detailing the school's curriculum, covering such traditional subjects like Greek, Latin, Rhetoric, Logic and Ethics plus instruction in more modern disciplines like Mathematics, Physics, Politics, "Natural Law," geology, natural history and modern languages. A principal founder, Benjamin Franklin was also a seminal influence on the school's programs, through the pioneering principles in his Proposals Relating to the Education of Youth in Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, 1749). Among the trustees named here are Franklin, Benjamin Chew, Edward Shippen and Jacob Duché; also named are thirteen 1761 graduates including Tench Tilghman (1744-1786), Richard Peters, Jr., and Joseph Shippen. Evans 8981; Hildeburn 1776. RARE.
Folio broadside (17¼ x 13 7/8 in). Border of printers' ornaments, bold heading, text in four columns. (Stain in center, margins somewhat frayed, otherwise a good copy).
ONE THE EARLIEST CLASSES AT THE ACADEMY, CHARITABLE SCHOOL AND COLLEGE OF PENNSYLVANIA. A complex broadside detailing the school's curriculum, covering such traditional subjects like Greek, Latin, Rhetoric, Logic and Ethics plus instruction in more modern disciplines like Mathematics, Physics, Politics, "Natural Law," geology, natural history and modern languages. A principal founder, Benjamin Franklin was also a seminal influence on the school's programs, through the pioneering principles in his Proposals Relating to the Education of Youth in Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, 1749). Among the trustees named here are Franklin, Benjamin Chew, Edward Shippen and Jacob Duché; also named are thirteen 1761 graduates including Tench Tilghman (1744-1786), Richard Peters, Jr., and Joseph Shippen. Evans 8981; Hildeburn 1776. RARE.