The works of Dr. Benjamin Franklin, in philosophy, politics, and morals
Subtitle: containing, beside all the writings published in former collections, his diplomatic correspondence, as minister of the United States, at the court of Versailles, a variety of articles, and epistolary correpsondence, never before published: with memoirs and anecdotes of his life ...
Contributors: Franklin, William Temple, 1760-1823.; Duane, William, 1760-1835, publisher.; Stevens, Henry, 1819-1886, former owner.; Joseph Meredith Toner Collection (Library of Congress); Benjamin Franklin Collection (Library of Congress); Thomas Jefferson Library Collection (Library of Congress)
Publisher: William Duane
Published: 1808
Place of publication: Philadelphia
Language: eng
Notes: Ford, P.L.  Franklin bibliography, 568
Sowerby, E.M.  Cat. of the lib. of Thomas Jefferson, 4931
NUC pre-1956 NF 0338786
Some engravings signed by Cornelius Tiebout, Alexander Lawson, James Akin and W. Strickland. Added engraved title with vignette in each volume; engraved portraits of Franklin in vols. 1 and 4.
Vol. 1 (1818) xxi, 519 p., [1] leaf of plates; v. 2 (1808) xxxv, 431 p.; v. 3 (1809) v, 477 p. 12 leaves of plates ([7] folded) : ill., map; v. 4 (1809) 407 p., [1] leaf of plates; v. 5 (1809) viii, 434 p.; v. 6 (1817) xxiii, 564 p.
Table of contents: title: Vol. 1. Memoirs of the life and writings of Benjamin Franklin; title: v. 2. American politics before the Revolution; title: v. 3. Philosophical essays and correspondence; title: v. 4. Political papers before the Revolution; title: v. 5. Diplomatic correspondence; title: v. 6. Diplomatic correspondence, private epistolary correspondence.