Ca. 1850

The Works of Dr. Benjamin Franklin

Consisting of Essays, Humorous, Moral, and Literary:
With His Life, Written by Himself

Rare Antique Book ~ Decorative-Cloth Publisher’s Binding ~ Woodcut ~ US History ~ Military ~ War ~ Slavery ~ Slave Trade ~ Native Americans ~ Colonialism ~ Farming ~ Government ~ United States Constitution ~ Nautical Affairs 

Publisher:

Hartford: Silas Andrus & Son, no date, circa 1850.

Features:

Measures 6 x 4.1 inches.

Original decorative-cloth publisher’s binding: Greenish gray cloth with blind stamping and embossed gold-gilt lettering.

Woodcut engraving of Franklin on page 158.

304 pages.

Condition:

Very Good.

The covers are generally clean and bright with mild rubbing, spotting, and bumping, light fraying to the top-right corner, and a few tiny pin-prick holes to the front hinge. The textblock is solid and square though a few pages are not quite even at the edge. Light foxing to the endpapers and the first few pages. The pages are generally very clean and bright with an occasional tiny spot. Rubber stamp of the website address of Civil War historian Henry Deeks on the rear pastedown endpaper. No other writing or marking.