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An essay on magnesia alba. Wherein its history is attempted, its virtues pointed out, and the use of it recommended. By Samuel Glass, ...

Historical Society of Pennsylvania - Closed Stacks Am 1767 Mey (b.w.) Af.310.3 (Franklin)
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Format:
Book
Author/Creator:
Glass, Samuel, -1773 55592
Contributor:
Franklin, Benjamin, 1706-1790, former owner.
Athenaeum of Philadelphia, former owner.
Franklin, William Temple, 1760-1823, annotator.
Duane, William, 1760-1835, former owner.
Dufief, N. G. 1776?-1834, bookseller.
Language:
English
Physical Description:
6,38p. ; 8°.
Place of Publication:
Oxford : printed for R. Davis; and J. Fletcher, in London, 1764.
Local Notes:
HSP in LCP.
Benjamin Franklin's copy.
Bound with Meyer, Alchymistische Briefe, q.v.; item 3 in volume. Modern half sheep over contemporary floral boards; bound with other items. Franklin to Rudolph Erich Raspe, 6 July 1767: "I am much oblig'd to Mr. Andreae and to you for sending me those ingenious Alchemistic Letters" (P 14: 210); MS table of contents on flyleaf in William Temple Franklin's hand; purchased from Dufief, 1801-03, by Col. William Duane; sold by him to the Athenaeum of Philadelphia (87); sold in turn by it, 22 December 1885, to the Historical Society of Pennsylvania.

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