Name/Title
Ouvres de M. FranklinDescription
FRANKLIN, Benjamin. Oeuvres de. M. Franklin, Docteur es Loix
... Traduites de L'Anglois sur la Quatrieme Edition Par M. Barbeau
Dubourg. Paris: Quillau, Esprit, et L'Auteur, 1773.
"This is the first major translation of Franklin's
scientific works into French. It resulted from the long
correspondence between two extraordinary men; with its publication,
Barbeu-Dubourg added considerably to the printed body of Franklin's
works. Volume I deals exclusively with electricity; it contains
papers already published in English along with additional material
that had not previously appeared. Volume II deals with a broad
range of Franklin's scientific activities including letters on
meteors, economics, the increase in mankind, and inoculation;
also, in their first appearance, his letters on swimming, on the
fly that was revived by the sun after drowning in wine, and his
thoughts on colonial politics. Most of the latter were omitted from
English editions. ... The two volumes of Dubourg's edition are
normally bound together in one book. This copy ... is unusual in
that they are separate." Winegrad. The Intellectual World of
Benjamin Franklin, 92.Other Names and Numbers
Other Numbers
Number Type
ReferencesOther Number
Ford 315.Condition
Overall Condition
Very GoodDate Examined
May 30, 2024Notes
2 Vols. 4to.
1st French ed. (iv),xxii,(2),338;(iv),xiii,(3),318,(2) pp. Portrait
frontis., plates. Contemporary mottled calf ruled in blind, gilt-
decorated spine, gilt-lettered morocco spine labels, a very good
set.
