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FRANKLIN, BENJAMIN. Mémoires de la Vie Privée de Benjamin Franklin.
FRANKLIN, BENJAMIN. Mémoires de la Vie Privée de Benjamin Franklin. 2 parts in one. 8vo, contemporary 1/2 calf with gilt insignia of early owner A. Wengersky, rejointed, lacks ends of backstrip; early owner's inscription on title page; bookplate of A. Wengersky on front pastedown, partially removed. Paris, 1791
- Notes: first edition. Unauthorized first edition of a portion of Franklin's famous autobiography, in French translation. This portion was not translated back into English until 1793, and the full version as written by Franklin was not published until 1868. Grolier One Hundred 21, Howes F323, Sabin 25549.
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