Sale 2455 - Printed & Manuscript Americana, September 28, 2017

125 125 c   FRANKLIN,BENJAMIN. Political,Miscellaneous, and Philosophical Pieces. 4 plates, folding table. xi, [1], 567, [7] pages. 8vo, modern calf; dampstaining mostly confined to margins, first 3 leaves cleaned, toning on top edge. London, 1779 [2,500/3,500] first collected edition , “the only edition of Franklin’s writings (other than his scientific) which was printed during his lifetime”—Ford 342. Edited by the British politician Benjamin Vaughan, a friend of Franklin’s who later helped negotiate the peace between their warring nations. Howes F330; Sabin 25565. 123 c   FRANKLIN, BENJAMIN. Oeuvres de M. Franklin . . .Traduites de l’Anglois sur la Quatrieme Édition. 13 plates including frontispiece. [4], xxii, [2], 338; [4], xiii, [3], 318, [2] pages. 2 volumes in one. 4to, contemporary mottled sheep gilt, joints splitting, oth- erwise minor wear; minor foxing, heavier on frontispiece and title page; bookplate of the Franco-Brazilian collector Jacques Renout (1903-1972) on front pastedown, designed by the artist Tancrède Synave. Paris: Quillau, Esprit, and l’Auteur, 1773 [500/750] first collected edition in french of Experiments and Observations on Electricity and other scientific writings, including previously unpublished letters to the translator Barbeu-Dubourg. Ford 315; Sabin 25607. 124 c   (FRANKLIN, BENJAMIN.) Barbeu-Dubourg, Jacques. Calendrier de Philadelphie, ou Constitutions de Sancho-Pança et Du Bon-Homme Richard en Pensylvanie, bound with Bailly’s 1784 Fables Nouvelles. xxx, 118; [iii]-xii, 144 pages. 12mo, contemporary marbled calf, minor wear; spotting to half-title, minimal wear; edges tinted red. [Paris?], 1778 [700/1,000] A French almanac inspired by Franklin’s work, written by one of Franklin’s collaborators during his term as ambassador to France. It begins with a dialogue between Sancho Panza and Poor Richard. Sabin 3335.