Accession number:
Heineman 272A
Published:
Paris, : Chez Quillau l'aîné, libraire, rue Christine, au magasin littéraire. Esprit, libraire de Mgr. le duc de Chartres, au Palais Royal. Et l'auteur, rue de la Bucherie, aux ecoles de médecine., [1773]
Description:
2 v. : ill., port. ; 26 cm
Credit:
Gift of the trustees of the Dannie and Hettie Heineman Collection, 1977.
Notes:
Vol. 1: [4], xxii, [2], 338 p., [6] leaves of plates; v. 2: [4], xiii, [3], 318, [2] p., [7] leaves of plates.
Vol. 1, p. 279 misnumbered 276; v. 1, p. 336 misnumbered 236.
"Brunet states that the translation was made by J. B. L'Écuy. The first volume is devoted entirely to electricity, being a reprint of the English editions, with the addition of several pieces not included in any former edition. The second volume includes ... The Pennsylvania fireplace; Observations on the increase of mankind; Letters to Shirley; Poor Richard (which in translation becomes 'Le pauvre Henri'); the Craven street letters; and a number of letters from Franklin to the editor."--Ford.
Binding:
Contemporary calf.
Provenance:
Dannie and Hettie Heineman. Bookplates of A.S. Girardin and Stuart W. Jackson.
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