Rotterdam (Netherlands). Bataafsch Genootschap der Proefondervindelijke Wijsbegeerte.
Plan en Grondwetten van het Bataafsch Genootschap der proefondervindelijke wiksbegeerte te Rotterdam.
Rotterdam : By Reinier Arrenberg, 1771.
Signatures: [A][superscript 4]B[superscript 3]C-F[superscript 4].
HSP in LCP.
Benjamin Franklin's copy.
Bound with Turini, Considerazioni, q.v.; number 7 in table of contents; item 5 in volume. With covering printed letter, signed Reinier Arrenberg, transmitting the Plan. Modern half sheep over contemporary boards; bound with other items. MS table of contents on flyleaf in William Temple Franklin’s hand; purchased from Dufief, 1801– 03, by Col. William Duane; sold by him in 1822 to the Athenaeum of Philadelphia (15); sold in turn by it, 22 December 1885, to the Historical Society of Pennsylvania.
Retrospective conversion record: original entry.
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
Imprint NETHERLANDS. Rotterdam. 1771.
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