FRANKLIN, BENJAMIN. Mémoires de la vie privée de Benjamin Franklin, Écrits par lui-même, et adressés a son fils. Paris: Buisson, 1791. 2 parts bound in one volume, 8vo, later marbled boards, joint of back cover cracked, rubbing to edges, spine slightly browned; old ink notation to verso of flyleaf. FIRST EDITION. Grolier/American 21 ("The most widely read of all American autobiographies"); Howes F323; Sabin 25549.

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FRANKLIN, BENJAMIN. Mémoires de la vie privée de Benjamin Franklin, Écrits par lui-même, et adressés a son fils. Paris: Buisson, 1791. 2 parts bound in one volume, 8vo, later marbled boards, joint of back cover cracked, rubbing to edges, spine slightly browned; old ink notation to verso of flyleaf. FIRST EDITION. Grolier/American 21 ("The most widely read of all American autobiographies"); Howes F323; Sabin 25549.
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