Benjamin Franklin
Subtitle: his autobiography ; with a narrative of his public life and services
By: by H. Hastings Weld ; with numerous designs by J.G. Chapman.
Contributors: Weld, H. Hastings 1811-1888.; Sparks, Jared, 1789-1866.; Williams, Thomas, b. ca. 1800, wood engraver.; Williams, Samuel, 1788-1853, wood engraver.; West, R. C., wood engraver.; Green, W. T., fl. 1837-1872, wood engraver.; Bobbett, Albert, ca. 1824-1888 or 9, wood engraver.; Orr, John William, 1815-1887, wood engraver.; Mason, Walter George, 1820-1866, wood engraver.; Peckham, William F., wood engraver.; Orr, Nathaniel, wood engraver.; Kinnersley, Augustus F., b. ca. 1822, wood engraver.; Howland, William, wood engraver.; Chapman, J. G. 1808-1889, illustrator.; Benjamin Franklin Collection (Library of Congress)
Publisher: Harper & Brothers
Published: 1849
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 549
Subjects: Franklin, Benjamin, 1706-1790; Philosophers -- United States -- Biography; Scientists -- United States -- Biography; Statesmen -- United States -- Biography
Genres: Biography.
Other titles: Franklin illustrated; Autobiography of B. Franklin
Notes: Each part in the original illustrated pale pink paper covers, as issued. Publisher's advertisements on p. [2-4] of covers.
Added engraved t.p., which reads: Autobiography of B. Franklin. New York : Harper and Brothers, MDCCCXLIX.
"The Temple Franklin text of the autobiography, with a continuation purporting to be by Weld, but which is really a re-hash of Mr. Sparks' continuation"--Ford.
Also issued in one volume.
Illustrations: 76 prints : wood engraving ; full-page or smaller. By W. Howland, A.F. Kinnersley, T. Williams, W.G. Mason, R.C. West, W.A. Folkard, W.T. Green, A. Bobbett, J.W. & N. Orr and  W.F. Peckham. -- Wood engraving of Franklin, by W. Howland, on covers of parts.
Publisher's advertisements: 6 p. at end.
LC copy imperfect: pt. 2 (p. 65-128) lacking.
Ford, P.L.  Franklin bibliography, 413