Scott, James, 1733-1814.
The perils of poetry: an epistle to a friend. By [blank] Fellow of Trinity College in Cambridge
London : printed for William Griffin [in London]; and Fletcher and Hodgson at Cambridge, 1766.
Anonymous. By James Scott.
With a half-title.
HSP in LCP.
Benjamin Franklin's copy.
Bound with Scott, Four elegies, q.v.; item 18 in volume. Signature of the author on title. Modern half sheep over contemporary marbled boards; bound with other items. Inscription by William Temple Franklin on flyleaf: Collection of Poems.; purchased from Dufief, 1801– 03, by Col. William Duane; sold by him in 1822 to the Athenaeum of Philadelphia (1); sold in turn by it, 22 December 1885, to the Historical Society of Pennsylvania.
Franklin, Benjamin, 1706-1790, former owner. Provenance
Franklin, William Temple, 1760-1823, annotator. Provenance
Duane, William, 1760-1835, former owner. Provenance
Dufief, N. G. (Nicolas Gouin), 1776?-1834, bookseller. Provenance
Athenaeum of Philadelphia, former owner. Provenance
ENG. London. 1766. Imprint
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