Name/Title
[Franklin Imprint]. Arscott, Alexander.Description
[Franklin Imprint]. Arscott, Alexander. Some Considerations Relating to the Present State of the Christian Religion…Parts I and II.
Philadelphia: Reprinted by B. Franklin, Printing-Office, 1732. Two parts bound in one. 111, [1]: 140, 131pp.
This imprint was bound by Stephen Potts and is the earliest Franklin imprint we have seen where it is possible to identify all of the craftsmen involved in its production. The work is in two parts, and is complete. Although Miller assigns a single entry for both parts of Arscot's work, Evans gives each part a separate entry, and the American Antiquarian Society has only part one, pointing to the possibility that not all copies were bound up together. A charming and quite early Franklin imprint.
Rare: WorldCat lists only one institutional copy and RareBookHub lists the last copy at auction in 2008. Before that there are a total of only 11 copies going back to 1904.Other Names and Numbers
Other Numbers
Number Type
ReferencesOther Number
Evans 3500, 3501. Miller 47 (ref). Hildeburn 435. Campbell 35.Condition
Overall Condition
Very GoodDate Examined
May 8, 2024Notes
orag. sheep, blind-tooled with fillet E and roll no. 8 along spine side. Front hinge cracked but sturdy, binding worn, ownership signatures on endpapers, overall very good.