Franklin's Works in handsome binding
Updated September 24, 2026
| Lot number | 213 |
| Estimate | 600.00 - 800.00 USD |
| Auction | Fall Rare Books, Manuscripts, Historical Prints, & Ephemera |
| Date | October 8, 2026 at 10:30 AM EDT |
| Auction house | Quinn's Auction Galleries |
| Location | Falls Church, Virginia |
FRANKLIN, BENJAMIN, and JARED SPARKS, editor. The Works of Benjamin Franklin ... with Notes and a Life of the Author by Jared Sparks. Boston: Whittemore, Niles, and Hall; Milwaukie [sic]: A. Whittemore, 1856. 10 volumes. 8vo (134 x 225 mm). With 23 engraved plates (7 folding). Contemporary half calf over marbled boards, spines gilt in compartments, red and black spine labels lettered in gilt, marbled edges and endpapers. Condition Occasional foxing, a few plates toned, some scuffing to boards, rubbing to spines and extremities, spines a touch darkened.
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