Printed with Franklin's Passy type

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Los 189 | Printed with Franklin's Passy type
Charter of the Marine Society of the City of New York, in the State of New York. To which are added, the Bye-Laws, and a List of the Members of the Society. New York: Francis Childs, 1788.

A rare volume printed with Franklin's Passy type. The Marine Society was established in order to improve maritime education and for the relief of indigent ship masters and their families. Francis Childs, the printer of the present volume, purchased a portion of the type used by Benjamin Franklin while at Passy, and employed it when printing the present volume. Rare. According to RBH, the last 1788 edition to appear at auction in 75 years (Parke Bernet, 16 May 1946, lot 168).

Octavo (196 x 155mm). Contemporary marbled boards (boards detached, title page toned).
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