FRANKLIN IMPRINT, WITH FIRST PRINTING OF PHILADELPHIA CHARTER
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(EARLY AMERICAN IMPRINT.)
A Collection of Charters and other
Publick Acts Relating to the Province of Pennsylvania.
Folio, undistinguished 19th-
century wrappers; lacking bottom corner of title page with partial loss of imprint line, title
page laid down on heavy paper circa 1800, tears and tissue repairs to several other pages,
with slight loss to first page, cropped with minor loss including one catchword, library
markings including inked stamps on title page and final page; 1826 gift inscription on
verso of title page.
Philadelphia: Benjamin Franklin, [1740]
[6,000/9,000]
A compilation of eight documents, five of which appear in print for the first time, including the
Royal Charter to William Penn and the 1701 charter of the City of Philadelphia. Although
the book has no release stamps, news documentation of the library’s recent large-scale deaccession
of rare books is readily available. Church 936; Evans 4583; Miller 203; Sabin 59983; only
one other complete copy known at auction since 1897.
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