Memoirs of the life and writings of Benjamin Franklin ...
By: written by himself to a late period ; and continued to the time of his death by his grandson William Temple Franklin ; comprising the private correspondence and public negociations [sic] of Dr. Franklin, and his select political, philosophical, and miscellaneous works, published from the original mss.
Contributors: Franklin, William Temple, 1760-1823.; Bentley, Richard, 1794-1871, publisher.; Colburn, Henry, d. 1855, printer.; Pye, Charles, 1777-1864, engraver.; Swaine, John, 1775-1860, engraver.; Hall, Sidney, engraver.; Stevens, Henry, 1819-1886, former owner.; Bedford, Francis, 1799-1883, binder.; Franklin, Benjamin, 1706-1790.; Benjamin Franklin Collection (Library of Congress)
Edition: New ed.
Publisher: Published for Henry Colburn by R. Bentley
Published: 1833
Place of publication: London
Language: eng
Subjects: Franklin, Benjamin, 1706-1790; Franklin, Benjamin, 1706-1790 -- Correspondence; Statesmen -- United States -- Biography; Statesmen -- United States -- Correspondence
Genres: Correspondence.; Biography.
Notes: Vol. 1: xii, 541 p., [3] leaves of plates (1 folded) : ill., port.; v. 2: 450 p.; v. 3: xvi, 456 p.; v. 4: xi, [1], 392 p.; v. 5: xvi, 493 p.; v. 6: viii, 523 p., [7] leaves of plates (5 folded) : ill., map.
Plate in v. 1 with portrait of Franklin engraved by Chas. Pye; plates in vols. 1 and 6 engraved by Sidney Hall or John Swaine.
Vol. 6 includes index. Publisher's advertisement: v. 4, p. [xii].
LC copy has bookplate of Henry Stevens. Signed binding: Bound by F. Bedford for H. Stevens.
NUC pre-1956 NF 0338983
Table of contents: title: Vol. 1-2. Life; title: v. 3-4. Private correspondence; title: v. 5-6. Posthumous and other writings.