Burke, Edmund, 1729-1797.
Observations on a late state of the nation.
London : printed for J. Dodsley, MDDCLXIX [i.e.1769]
Anonymous. By Edmund Burke.
Todd 16a; Adams 69-9b
HSP in LCP.
Benjamin Franklin's copy.
Bound with Brecknock, Treatise, q.v.; item 4 in volume; leaf B1 misbound between leaves B3 and B4.
Modern half sheep over contemporary marbled boards; bound with other works. MS table of contents on flyleaf in William Temple Franklin’s hand, listing another item in a slightly later hand; minor contemporary correction on p. 11; purchased from Dufief, 1801-1803, by William Duane; sold by him in 1822 to the Athenaeum of Philadelphia (2); sold in turn by it, 22 December 1885, to Historical Society.
Franklin, Benjamin, 1706-1790, former owner. Provenance
Franklin, William Temple, 1760-1823, annotator. Provenance
Dufief, N. G., (Nicolas Gouin), 1776?-1834, bookseller. Provenance
Duane, William, 1760-1835, former owner. Provenance
Athenaeum of Philadelphia, former owner. Provenance
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