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[FRANKLIN PRINTING]. DELL, William. The Doctrine of Baptisms, Reduced from Its Ancient and Modern Corruptions; and Restored to Its Primitive Soundness and Integrity... Philadelphia: Reprinted, by B. Franklin, and D. Hall, 1759. 8vo (7 x 4½in.). Full gilt-decorated polished calf, raised bands, morocco spine label, a.e.g. (front cover detached, rubbed). Provenance: William Howe Somervell (bookplate).
FIRST AMERICAN EDITION of this Quaker tract, originally published in London in 1648. The Society of Friends of Philadelphia requested Overseers Anthony Benezet and John Reynell to arrange with pro-Quaker Franklin the reprinting of this work in an edition of 4,000 copies, to be distributed at the same time as John Rutty's The Liberty of the Spirit, also published by Franklin and Hall. Campbell 634; Evans 8338; Hildeburn 1625; Miller 702; Starr D 1347. -- [FRANKLIN PRINTING.] BARCLAY, Robert. The Anarchy of the Ranters, and other Libertines; the Hierarchy of the Romanists and other Prestended Churches... [Bound with:] PIKE, Joseph. An Epistle to the national Meeting of friends in Dublin... Philadelphia: Re-printed by B. Franklin and D. Hall, 1757. Two works in one. 12mo (6½ x 4¼in.), contemporary sheep, raised bands on spine (spine chipped, hinges weak, front free endpaper detached but present; title page shaved at lower edge; closed tear on G3, toned). Provenance: Jonas Eyre (signature rear endpaper). FIRST AMERICAN EDITION. Originally published in London in 1676, "This 1757 Philadelphia printing was undertaken by the Overseers of the Press on behalf of the Society of friends..." Miller, guided by the continuous signatures, treats the volume as a single work, although the differing pagination led Hildeburn, Evans and Campbell to treat them as separate entities. Campbell 591, 602; Evans 7840, 8008; Hildeburn 1516, 1552; Miller 655; Sabin 3363. -- [PEMBERTON, Israel et al.]. An Address to the Inhabitants of Pennsylvania, by Those Freemen, of the City of Philadelphia, Who Are Now Confined in the Mason's Lodge, by Virtue of General Warrant.... Philadelphia: Robert Bell, 1777. 8vo (8 x 4 7/8in.), cloth covered boards (upper cover detached, portion of spine lacking, age-toning, chipping along edges). Provenance: Library of Congress (bookplate with release stamp). FIRST EDITION. An appeal by various Loyalists whose papers, properties, and persons had been seized. Evans 15496. -- FRANKLIN, Benjamin. Philosophical and Miscellaneous Papers. London: Charles Dilly, 1787. Octavo (8¼ x 5in.), four folding plates, original calf, gilt spine (spine cracked, crackling, hinges reinforced with tape, K6 leaf supplied in facsimile, title page chipped, some offset from plates). Provenance: John A. McAllister (signature on title page); Library Company of Philadelphia (bookplate); (earlier ownership signature effaced). FIRST EDITION. A good range of Franklin's scientific and political essays, reproducing his pamphlets on smoky chimneys and his new stove, the "Internal State of America," and reflections on criminal law and privateering. Dilly intended this as a companion to Experiments and Observations in Electricity (1769) and the 1779 Political, Miscellaneous and Philosophical Pieces. The continuation of this volume promised in the publisher's advertisement never materialized. Ford 380; Howes B-328; Norman 834; Sabin 25562. Together 4 items. (2)
FIRST AMERICAN EDITION of this Quaker tract, originally published in London in 1648. The Society of Friends of Philadelphia requested Overseers Anthony Benezet and John Reynell to arrange with pro-Quaker Franklin the reprinting of this work in an edition of 4,000 copies, to be distributed at the same time as John Rutty's The Liberty of the Spirit, also published by Franklin and Hall. Campbell 634; Evans 8338; Hildeburn 1625; Miller 702; Starr D 1347. -- [FRANKLIN PRINTING.] BARCLAY, Robert. The Anarchy of the Ranters, and other Libertines; the Hierarchy of the Romanists and other Prestended Churches... [Bound with:] PIKE, Joseph. An Epistle to the national Meeting of friends in Dublin... Philadelphia: Re-printed by B. Franklin and D. Hall, 1757. Two works in one. 12mo (6½ x 4¼in.), contemporary sheep, raised bands on spine (spine chipped, hinges weak, front free endpaper detached but present; title page shaved at lower edge; closed tear on G3, toned). Provenance: Jonas Eyre (signature rear endpaper). FIRST AMERICAN EDITION. Originally published in London in 1676, "This 1757 Philadelphia printing was undertaken by the Overseers of the Press on behalf of the Society of friends..." Miller, guided by the continuous signatures, treats the volume as a single work, although the differing pagination led Hildeburn, Evans and Campbell to treat them as separate entities. Campbell 591, 602; Evans 7840, 8008; Hildeburn 1516, 1552; Miller 655; Sabin 3363. -- [PEMBERTON, Israel et al.]. An Address to the Inhabitants of Pennsylvania, by Those Freemen, of the City of Philadelphia, Who Are Now Confined in the Mason's Lodge, by Virtue of General Warrant.... Philadelphia: Robert Bell, 1777. 8vo (8 x 4 7/8in.), cloth covered boards (upper cover detached, portion of spine lacking, age-toning, chipping along edges). Provenance: Library of Congress (bookplate with release stamp). FIRST EDITION. An appeal by various Loyalists whose papers, properties, and persons had been seized. Evans 15496. -- FRANKLIN, Benjamin. Philosophical and Miscellaneous Papers. London: Charles Dilly, 1787. Octavo (8¼ x 5in.), four folding plates, original calf, gilt spine (spine cracked, crackling, hinges reinforced with tape, K6 leaf supplied in facsimile, title page chipped, some offset from plates). Provenance: John A. McAllister (signature on title page); Library Company of Philadelphia (bookplate); (earlier ownership signature effaced). FIRST EDITION. A good range of Franklin's scientific and political essays, reproducing his pamphlets on smoky chimneys and his new stove, the "Internal State of America," and reflections on criminal law and privateering. Dilly intended this as a companion to Experiments and Observations in Electricity (1769) and the 1779 Political, Miscellaneous and Philosophical Pieces. The continuation of this volume promised in the publisher's advertisement never materialized. Ford 380; Howes B-328; Norman 834; Sabin 25562. Together 4 items. (2)