The Works of Dr. Benjamin Franklin, Consisting of Essays, Humorous, Moral, and Literary, with His Life, Written by Himself, 1835

Franklin, Benjamin. The Works of Dr. Benjamin Franklin, Consisting of Essays, Humorous, Moral, and Literary, with His Life, Written by Himself. Exeter: J & B Williams, 1835. In original full leather boards, with gilt titles to the spine. With new archival slipcase. Presented is an 1835 edition of The Works of the Late Doctor Benjamin Franklin, Consisting of Essays, Humorous, Moral, and Literary, with His Life, Written by Himself. This small volume was published in Exeter, New Hampshire by J. & B. Williams. The book has its original leather boards, with gilt titles to the spine. The book is presented with a new archival slipcase. This is an early autobiography and collection of papers by the Pennsylvanian polymath and founding father, Benjamin Franklin. The volume offers rich evidence of the pragmatic brilliance of this founding father, who was described as "a great genius" by John Adams. Featured in this book is a retranslation of Benjamin Franklin's famed autobiography, first