ADDISON Joseph - The Poetical Works of Joseph Addison. With the Life of the Author. EARLY FRANKLIN LIBRARY COPY OF RARE PHILADELPHIA PRINTING

Printed for Benjamin Johnson, Jacob Johnson and Robert Johnson, Philadelphia PA,, 1805. 12mo., First Edition thus[?], some mild age-soiling; contemporary full calf, expertly rebacked with old backstrip laid down, boards worn, a good, sound copy. This copy was formerly in the Franklin Library in Camillus [New York State?] as volume No. 65. The library's printed accession sheet (with number and original cost completed in MS) is mounted on front paste-down with a related MS note on facing page. The latter page also bears a large circular blind stamp containing the word 'YALE' and dated 1802. The accession sheet carries the library's lending regulations: 'This book belongs to The Franklin Library, in Camillus, and liable to the following fines: For lending, or exchanging with any person 25 cents; Turning over a leaf with a wet finger 6 cents; Turning down a leaf 6 cents; Every drop of tallow 6 cents'. A NOTABLE, ALBEIT AGE-WORN, COPY OF AN EARLY AMERICAN LIBRARY BOOK COMPLETE WTH ACCESSION DATA. We can find no record of this edition. VERY SCARCE.

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