[THE AUTOBIOGRAPHY OF BENJAMIN FRANKLIN.] Mémoires De La Vie Privée Écrits Par Lui-Même, Et Adressées À Son Fils ; Suivis D'un Précis Historique De Sa Vie Politique, Et De Plusieurs Pièces, Relative À Ce Père De La Liberté. First Edition/Printing. Original. 1791: First Edition of the Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin.

[THE AUTOBIOGRAPHY OF BENJAMIN FRANKLIN.]

True first edition.

Mémoires De La Vie Privée Écrits Par Lui-Même, Et Adressées À Son Fils ; Suivis D'un Précis Historique De Sa Vie Politique, Et De Plusieurs Pièces, Relative À Ce Père De La Liberté

This book is the first edition of the Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin.

Printed in French.

Printed in 1791.

The first edition was in French. This book is printed in French. This is correct.

The first English edition of 1793 is the first English edition, it is not the first edition. It was directly translated from this 1791 French book.

The American Edition from 1793 was translated from this book. The true first edition of the Autobiography was in French.

The binding is original.

Leather supple. Hinges sound. Quality rag paper.

Title page margin was professionally conservated, not affecting text.

First few pages have ink stains at the top as shown in the pictures.

Binding is original. Text is complete. The blank end papers look like they were replaced. This suggests that the binding was likely reinforced otherwise they would not have removed and replaced the end papers. The binding and the spine are original. Many copies were rebacked. This is the original binding.

Aside for the marginal conservation and the stains this copy is in very good condition.

The reason why this book is priced so low is because it is printed in French, and the first edition only contains the first two parts out of the eventual 4. It wasn't until the mid 1800's that all 4 parts were finally printed.

This French book is the true first edition of the Autobiography.

This book will be well protected for shipping.

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Mémoires De La Vie Privée Écrits Par Lui-Même, Et Adressées À Son Fils ; Suivis D'un Précis Historique De Sa Vie Politique, Et De Plusieurs Pièces, Relative À Ce Père De La Liberté.

By Franklin, Benjamin1791 . 2 parts in one volume. Paris: Buisson 1791. 8°. VT, 156 ; 363 p. Stamp vignette on title page. Leather. Circumferential yellow trim. Spine label in gold lettering on a red background with gold decoration and fillets (slightly browned and dusty due to age; handwritten owner entry on title page; title page and p. 4 underlined at the edge; red stain starting at the top right corner of the title page, traces ending on p. 24; old stains also at the end of the volume; cover scraped; back cover with two fine scratches; edges slightly rubbed; corners slightly bumped) Benjamin Franklin (1704-1790) printer, publisher and writer. Promoted community and was one of the Founding Fathers of the United States of America.

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