Memorial of the inauguration of the statue of Franklin.
Contributors: Shurtleff, Nathaniel Bradstreet, 1810-1874.; Billings, Hammatt, 1818-1874.; Hertz, Emanuel, 1870-1940, donor.; Winthrop, Robert C. 1809-1894, inscriber.; Benjamin Franklin Collection (Library of Congress)
Edition: 2nd ed.
Publisher: Crocker and Brewster
Published: 1858
Place of publication: Boston
Language: eng
Number of pages: 424
Subjects: Franklin, Benjamin, 1706-1790 -- Monuments -- Massachusetts -- Boston.; Franklin, Benjamin, 1706-1790.
Notes: LC copy has ink stamp on t.p. verso: "Gift. Emanuel Hertz, March 24, 1933". Has book label on back paste-down: "Bound by B. Bradley, Boston". Has inscription on front fly-leaf: "The Prince Massimo. With the respectful & cordial remembrances of Robert Winthrop. Paris, 14 August 1860".
Portrait on cover, with inscription: Benj. Franklin natus Boston. XVII Jan. MDCCVI.
Preface signed: N.B.S.
Frontispiece plate signed: "Drawn by H. Billings; eng. by Smith, Knight & Tappan".
"Inaugural oration", by Robert C. Winthrop (p. [219]-272) contains a biography of Franklin.
Includes index.