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 the 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.; Colburn, Henry, d. 1855, printer.; Pye, Charles, 1777-1864, engraver.; Hall, Sidney, engraver.; Swaine, John, 1775-1860, engraver.; Stevens, Henry, 1819-1886, former owner.; Pratt, W., binder.; Franklin, Benjamin, 1706-1790.; Benjamin Franklin Collection (Library of Congress)
Edition: Second edition.
Publisher: Printed for Henry Colburn
Published: 1818
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.
Other titles: Private correspondence of Benjamin Franklin; Posthumous and other writings of Benjamin Franklin
Notes: Vol. 1: xii, 541 p., [1] leaf of plates : port.; v. 2: 452 p.; v. 3: xxiv, 486 p., [1] leaf of plates (folded) : facsim.; v. 4: xi, 480 p.; v. 5: xvi, 493 p.; v. 6: viii, 523, [4] p., [6] leaves of plates (4 folded) : ill., map.
Vols. 3-4 have added special t.p., dated 1817, with title: The private correspondence of Benjamin Franklin ...
Vols. 5-6 have added special t.p., dated 1819, with title: Posthumous and other writings of Benjamin Franklin ...
Plate in v. 1 with portrait of Franklin engraved by Chas. Pye; plates in vols. 3 and 6 engraved by Sidney Hall or John Swaine.
Vol. 6 contains index. Publisher's advertisements: v. 4: p. [477]-480; v. 6: [4] p. at end.
LC copy imperfect: v. 5 lacks collective t.p. and v. 6 lacks 1 leaf of plates.
LC copy has bookplate of Henry Stevens. Signed binding: Bound by W. Pratt for H. Stevens, 1882.
Ford, P.L.  Franklin bibliography, 563
NUC pre-1956 NF 0338963
Table of contents: title: Vol. 1-2. Life; title: v. 3-4. Correspondence; title: v. 4-5. Posthumous and other writings.