Book/Printed Material The pictorial life of Benjamin Franklin : embracing anecdotes illustrative of his character : embellished with engravings

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The pictorial life of Benjamin Franklin : embracing anecdotes illustrative of his character : embellished with engravings

Names

Weld, H. Hastings (Horatio Hastings), 1811-1888
Frost, John, 1800-1859
Lindsay & Blakiston, publisher
Gilbert & Gihon, engraver
Benjamin Franklin Collection (Library of Congress)

Created / Published

Philadelphia : Lindsay and Blakiston, 1847.

Headings

- Franklin, Benjamin,--1706-1790
- Statesmen--United States--Biography
- United States--Pennsylvania--Philadelphia

Notes

- May have been written by H.H. Weld or John Frost.
- Leaves of plates with engravings signed: Gilbert & Gihon, Phila.
- LC copy has book label on front paste-down: "P. Thomson's cheap bookstore ... Phila.". Has inscription on front fly-leaf: "S. Davis, Christmas 1879".
- Also available in digital form.
- LAC ecr 2019-04-19 no edits (1 card)

Medium

viii, 9-208 p., [8] leaves of plates : ill. ; 18 cm.

Call Number/Physical Location

E302.6.F8 P6
E302.6.F8 P6 Copy 2 LC copy has inscription on front fly-leaf: "Ruffin C. Cooke, Belmad [sic], 1857". Also has inscription on verso of first leaf of plate: "William Ruffin C. Cooke ... Belmead, April 3, 1857".

Library of Congress Control Number

20007044

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https://lccn.loc.gov/20007044

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Weld, H. Hastings, John Frost, Publisher Lindsay & Blakiston, Engraver Gilbert & Gihon, and Benjamin Franklin Collection. The pictorial life of Benjamin Franklin: embracing anecdotes illustrative of his character: embellished with engravings. Philadelphia: Lindsay and Blakiston, 1847. Pdf. https://aj.sunback.homes/item/20007044/.

APA citation style:

Weld, H. H., Frost, J., Lindsay & Blakiston, P., Gilbert & Gihon, E. & Benjamin Franklin Collection. (1847) The pictorial life of Benjamin Franklin: embracing anecdotes illustrative of his character: embellished with engravings. Philadelphia: Lindsay and Blakiston. [Pdf] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://aj.sunback.homes/item/20007044/.

MLA citation style:

Weld, H. Hastings, et al. The pictorial life of Benjamin Franklin: embracing anecdotes illustrative of his character: embellished with engravings. Philadelphia: Lindsay and Blakiston, 1847. Pdf. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <aj.sunback.homes/item/20007044/>.

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