1798 – Works of Benjamin Franklin | Autobiography, Essays on Slavery and War

1798 – Works of Benjamin Franklin | Autobiography, Essays on Slavery and War

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

― Benjamin Franklin

Known as one of the most important and prolific founding fathers of America, Benjamin Franklin wrote several works that have left a legacy in American history. Franklin’s famous ‘Autobiography’ 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.

This leather-bound 1798 American edition of works of Franklin includes not only his ‘Autobiography’ but numerous other short essays including:

• Precautions for Sea Voyagers
• Doctrines on Life and Death
• On Luxury, Idleness’, and Industry
• On Slave Trade
• Observation on War

Item number: #27947

Price: $950

FRANKLIN, Benjamin

The Works of the late Dr Benjamin Franklin, consisting of his life written by himself, together with Essays humorous, moral and literary

New York: printed and sold by John Tiebout, 1798.

Details:

• Collation: Complete with all pages; 2 volumes in 1
  • I – 184
  • II – 104
• Provenance: Handwritten – H. Weston
• Language: English
• Binding: Leather; tight and secure
• Size: ~6.5in X 4in (16.5cm x 10cm)

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