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Considerations upon the present state of our affairs, at home and abroad. In a letter to a Member of Parliament from a friend in the country.
Historical Society of Pennsylvania - Closed Stacks Am 1730 Con (b.w.) Af.325.7 (Franklin)
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Lyttelton, George Lyttelton, Baron, 1709-1773 3836
- Language:
- English
- Physical Description:
- [2],67,[3]p. ; 8°.
- Edition:
- The second edition.
- Place of Publication:
- London : printed for T. Cooper, 1739.
- Notes:
- A friend in the country = George Lyttelton.
- The titlepage is not a cancel.
- The verso of p. 67 and the recto of the final leaf bear a 'Postscript'.
- In this edition p. 6, l. 12 has "ships" correctly spelt and there are press figures 2 and 3 on pp. 1 and 24 respectively; p. 16 bears no press figure.
- Local Notes:
- HSP in LCP.
- Benjamin Franklin's copy.
- Bound with Considerations on the present state of affairs, q.v.; item 7 in volume. Modern half sheep over contemporary marbled boards; bound with other items. MS table of contents on flyleaf in William Temple Franklin's hand; purchased from Dufief, 1801- 03, by Col. William Duane; sold by him in 1822 to the Athenaeum of Philadelphia (107); sold in turn by it, 22 December 1885, to the Historical Society of Pennsylvania.
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