The Works of Benjamin Franklin
Boston: Gilliard Gray and Company, 1840. 1st Edition. xxxvi, 612p: ix, 557p: xiv, 577p: ix, 539p: xiii, 516p: xiii, 578p: xxii, 568p: xxii, 554p: xxi, 550p: xix, 540p. First edition. Contemporary cloth over boards stamped in blind with titles lettered in gold on the spines. Nicely illustrated. Jared Sparks (1789-1866) was an historian, writer and President of Harvard. Sabin #88984. From a Theological Seminary with bookplate in each volume and notation. Small paper sticker on the spines and scattered foxing throughout. Small paper cut at the inner margin of the front end paper in vol vi. Light rubbing to the headbands otherwise a well preserved set of an important work. Item #10166
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