A philosophical discourse : addressed to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, in the presence of a respectable audience, assembled at the meeting-house in Brattle-Street, in Boston, on the eighth of November M,DCC,LXXX, after the inauguration of the president into office. By James Bowdoin, Esq. president of the said academy. [Five lines of quotation]

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Bowdoin, James, 1726-1790 10446

Contributor:

American Academy of Arts and Sciences

Franklin, Benjamin, 1706-1790, former owner.

Athenaeum of Philadelphia, former owner.

Dufief, N. G., 1776?-1834, bookseller.

Duane, William, 1760-1835, former owner.

Edes, Benjamin, 1732-1803, printer.

Edes, Benjamin, 1755-1801, printer.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Talc--80925.

Talc.

Natural history--76783.

Natural history.

Physical Description:

35, [1] p. ; 22 cm. (8vo)

Place of Publication:

Boston : Printed by Benjamin Edes and Sons, in State Street, MDCCLXXX. [1780]

Notes:

With a half-title: A philosophical discourse, &c. &c. &c.

[A]⁴ B-D⁴ E² (E2 verso blank).

Local Notes:

HSP in LCP.

Benjamin Franklin's copy.

Historical Society copy Af.335.7 bound with Du déplacement, q.v.; item 7 in volume. Probably presented to Benjamin Franklin by the author (P 34: 264); entered as "a Philosophical Discourse" in "Liste des Livres de Mr. Franklin," 8 January 1782 (P 36: 343).

Historical Society copy Af.335.7 modern half sheep over contemporary boards; bound with other works. MS table of contents on flyleaf in contemporary hand; pencil number inside front cover: C71 N41; entered as "Deplacement des Mers 1 [vol.]" in "Liste des Livres de Mr. Franklin," 31 December 1781 (P 36: 341); purchased from Dufief, 1801-1803, by William Duane; sold by him in 1822 to the Athenaeum of Philadelphia (54); sold in turn by it, 22 December 1885, to Historical Society.

Cited in:

Evans 16720

ESTC (RLIN) W028873