Franklin, Benjamin:

$4,000 · Offered by William Reese Company

EXPERIÉNCES ET OBSERVATIONS SUR L'ÉLECTRICITÉ FAITES A PHILADELPHIE EN AMÉRIQUE. The first French edition of Franklin's famous work on electricity, a translation of the first part of his English publications on his experiments, originally published in London the previous year. This was the first edition issued in a foreign language, and the foundation of Franklin's fame in France, where a quarter century later he was greeted as the great sage of the New World.

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