THE BAGATELLES FROM PASSY

Written by him in French and English and printed on his own press at Paris while he was America's first Minister Plenipotentiary to the Court of France

1972

First Thus

By: Benjamin Franklin

The Eakins Press [New York]

Small 8vo (188 pages.)

Hardcover in Dust Jacket [Blue-Green cloth]

Item Number: 212285

$100.00

Description

A virtually mint copy of this handsome fine press edition produced by the Eakins Press, with whom Chartwell Booksellers had a long association. This is the first complete fascimile edition, with translations in English and French, plus Notes. Printed by the Stinehour Press and The Meriden Gravure Company.
The unclipped dust jacket has very faint shelfwear, else fine.