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Group of five Ben Franklin Imprints

Lot 99
02.02.2024 10:00UTC -05:00
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AuctioneerCHRISTIE'S
Event locationUSA, New York
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ID 1129717
Lot 99 | Group of five Ben Franklin Imprints
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$ 4 000 – 6 000
FRANKLIN, Benjamin (1706-1790) – a group of five Franklin imprints; Philadelphia, 1757-1760.

*Thomas CHALKEY (1675-1741). A Collection of the Works. Philadelphia: B. Franklin and D. Hall, 1769. Octavo. Contemporary sheep. Ex libris of "John Smith," "Rachel Stewardson," and "J. Stewardson, Jr."
*William DELL (d. 1664). The Trial of Spirits both in Teachers and Hearers. Philadelphia: B. Franklin and D. Hall, 1760. Octavo. Modern marbled wrapper. Ex Libris "Sarah Mullen, 1805."
*David HALL (1714-1772). A Mite into the Treasury. Philadelphia: B. Franklin and D. Hall, 1758. Octavo (repair in gutter of title with some loss of text). Modern paneled calf. Ex libris "Abraham Deans."
*Joseph PIKE (1657-1729). An Epistle to the National Meeting of Friends in Dublin. Philadelphia: B. Franklin and D. Hall, 1757. Octavo. Modern red morocco gilt by Stikeman. George Edward Dimock copy.
*John RUTTY (1697-1775). The Liberty of the Spirit and of the Flesh Distinguished: in an Address to those Captives in Spirit among the People called Quakers, who are commonly called Libertines. Philadelphia: B. Franklin and D. Hall, 1759. Octavo. Modern mottled calf gilt (worn at extremities). Frederick Skiff and Estelle Doheny copy.
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