1773 Benjamin Franklin 1ed Electricity Science Politic Philosophy Americana RARE
"Either write something worth reading or do something worth writing."
― Benjamin Franklin
PMM: "the most important scientific book of eighteenth-century America"
Known as one of the most important and prolific founding fathers of America, Benjamin Franklin wrote several works that have left a legacy in American history. In 1773, the works of Franklin were published (in French) for the first time. It was, at the time of publishing, the most complete early edition of Franklin's works of science, not just in French, but in any language. It included impressive illustrations depicting his science and social experiments. These works include studies on electricity and magnetism, art of swimming, meteors and astronomical wonders, medicines for common diseases, and much more.
This 1773 first French edition includes two volumes in one tome and features all twelve impressive illustrations.
Item number: #25126
Price: $2500
FRANKLIN, Benjamin
Oeuvres de M. Franklin : docteur ès loix, membre de l'Académie royale des sciences de Paris, des Société royales de Londeres & de Gottingue, des Sociétés philosophiques d'Edimbourg & de Rotterdam, président de la Société philosophique de Philadelphie, & résident à la Cour de la Grande Bretagne pour plusiers colonies brittaniques américaines
Paris : Chez Quillau l'aîné, chez Esprit, et l'auteur, 1773. 1st edition
Details:
· Collation: Complete with all pages; 2 volumes in 1
o Vol. I – [4], xxii, [2], 338
o Vol. II – [4], xiii, [3], 318, [2]
o 11 folding plates, plus portrait frontispiece
· References: PMM 199
o PMM: "the most important scientific book of eighteenth-century America"
· Language: French
· Binding: Leather; tight and secure
· Size: ~10.25in X 8in (26cm x 20.5cm)
· Rare and VERY desirable
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