1859 Benjamin Franklin Autobiography Essays Marriage Slavery Chess Economics 2v

1859 Benjamin Franklin Autobiography Essays Marriage Slavery Chess Economics 2v

“Either write something worth reading or do something worth writing.”

― Benjamin Franklin

Benjamin Franklin’s famous ‘Autobiography’. This book is often considered Franklin’s best-known book and is an important part of Americana. Originally known as ‘Memoirs’ by Franklin himself, ‘Autobiography’ covers each aspect of Franklin’s life including his studies in French, various letters he wrote while in Paris, the progress of his philosophies and experiments on electricity.

According to the Grolier American 100, Franklin’s ‘Memoirs’ is,

“The most widely read of all American autobiographies, ‘Memoirs’ holds the essence of the American way of life.”

This pre-Civil War era printing of ‘The Life of Dr. Benjamin Franklin’ includes the portrait frontispiece of Benjamin Franklin and his essays on observations on war, marriage, chess, nautical affairs, the slave trade, whitewashing, tradesmen and more.

Item number: #26431

Price: $499

FRANKLIN, Benjamin

Memoirs of Benjamin Franklin

New York: Derby & Jackson, 1859.

Details:

• Collation: Complete with all pages; 2 volumes
  • I – xxxvii, [1], 624
  • II – viii, 517, [1]
• Language: English
• Binding: Hardcover, tight and secure
  • Dark brown cloth
• Size: ~9.25in X 6.5in (23.5cm x 16.5cm)

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