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The American Prose Miscellany. Original and Selected.
With works by Dr. Benjamin Franklin
Volume two of an anthology of biographical, travel, literary, and political writings by British, French, and American authors. Foreign writers include Dr. Samuel Johnson, Oliver Goldsmith, Denis Diderot, and Voltaire. American (or Irish-American) writers represented here are “Dr. [Benjamin] Franklin,” “M[athew]. Carey,” and “W[illia]m Sampson.” Franklin’s writings comprise “A Parable against Persecution, or Toleration and Philanthropy Inculcated;” “The Whistle—A True Story;” and “The Way to Wealth.”
Scarce to commerce, in an attractive and early, if not period, binding.
Description: The American Prose Miscellany. Original and Selected.
Philadelphia: Published by Robert Johnson, C. & A. Conrad & Co. And Mathew Carey, Booksellers and Stationers, 1809. 12mo. 300pp. First Edition. Contemporary full sheep; spine with red leather title label and gilt rules, additionally stamped “2” and “Prose;” coarse gray double endpapers. Binding with minor scuffing and rubbing; two small losses to endpapers; foxed; pp.249/250 with very small paper loss to margin, just touching a letter or two; good.
[3724555]Price: $125.00