$10,080
Estimate: $5,000 - $8,000
Auction: May 20, 2021 1:00:00 PM EDT
Philadelphia: B. Franklin, and D. Hall, no date (1760). First edition. 24mo. (24) pp. Original embossed Dutch paper wrappers, stab-sewn, worn, front wrapper detached, loss at bottom front corner, MS. on verso and at recto of rear wrapper; title-page loose; old tape residue in front and rear "hinge"; scattered wear to edges, with some loss at top corner; in clamshell case. Miller 743; Evans 8731
Very rare and complete. This is the first copy of the 1761 edition to be offered at auction since 1922.
From the estates of Charles M. and Mary Elizabeth Meredith III, Bucks County, PA.