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B. Franklin, 1706-1790 : he snatched the lightning from heaven and the sceptre from tyrants : being a collection of ageless quotations marking important events in the life and times of Benjamin Franklin, and in the history of his beloved United States of America.
LIBRA - Vilain-Wieck Collection Misc 1537
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Franklin, Benjamin, 1706-1790, author.
- Morris, Charles V., author of introduction.
- Series:
- Typophiles monograph ; 45.
- Typophiles monographs ; 45
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Franklin, Benjamin, 1706-1790--Quotations.
- Franklin, Benjamin.
- Franklin, Benjamin, 1706-1790.
- Genre:
- Quotations.
- Private press books (Printing)
- White Linweave Text (Paper).
- Penn Provenance:
- Vilain, Jean-François, 1942- (donor) (Vilain-Wieck Collection copy)
- Wieck, Roger S. (donor) (Vilain-Wieck Collection copy)
- Physical Description:
- 22 pages : illustrations ; 19 cm.
- Place of Publication:
- New York : [publisher not identified], 1956.
- Notes:
- "Privately printed."
- "The designer is Lewis F. White ... the illustrator is John DePol"--Colophon.
- Introduction by Charles V. Morris. Text paper is White Linweave Text.
- "This keepsake is published in connection with the celebration of Printing Week in New York, 1956, the 250th anniversary of the birth of Benjamin Franklin, printer"--Verso of half-title.
- Local Notes:
- Kislak Center Vilain-Wieck Collection of Private Presses copy presented to the Penn Libraries in 2014 by Jean-François Vilain and Roger Wieck.
- OCLC:
- 30767520
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