Works of the Late Doctor Benjamin Franklin, Consisting of His Life Written By Himself, Together With Essays, in Two Volumes, 1796

Franklin, Benjamin. Works of the Late Doctor Benjamin Franklin, Consisting of His Life Written by Himself together with Essays, Humorous, Moral & Literary, Chiefly in the Manner of the Spectator, in Two Volumes. London: G. Dilly, 1796. Octavo. Original front boards, rebacked in new matching calf leather, spine tooled and titled in gilt. Presented with a new archival slipcase. Presented is the 1796 edition of The Works of the Late Doctor Benjamin Franklin, printed in London by G. Dilly. Issued in two volumes, both volumes have the original front boards, rebacked in new matching calf leather, with the spine tooled and titled in gilt. The volumes are presented with a new archival slipcase. This is an early collection of papers by the Pennsylvanian polymath and founding father, Benjamin Franklin. Published within six years of his death, this collection offers rich evidence of the pragmatic brilliance of this founding father, who was described as "a great genius" by John Adams. Featured