[FRANKLIN] Scelta di Lettere

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18th Century Medicine in Philadelphia

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Milan 1774. Per Ford "An abridgment of Dubourg's edition, made by Carlo Guiseppi Campi. Exceptionally rare Italian translation of some of Franklin's letters. This is the only copy to come up at auction per Rare Book Hub, and per WorldCat only 9 institutions hold a copy. Letters and works from Franklin translated from the English edition into Italian. The letters are the following: Letter I. To Dr. Lining, at Charles Town, South Carolina. On the cold produced by the evaporation of liquors -- Letter II. To the same. On the same subject -- Letter III. To Mr. John Pringle, Dr. of Medicine, and member of the Royal Society. On the different strata of the earth -- Letter IV. To Mr. Peter Franklin, at Newport. On the saltiness of the sea -- Letter V. To Miss Stevenson. On the study of insects -- Letter VI. To Mr. Oliver Neave. On the vehicle of sound -- Letter VII. To Miss Stevenson. On a manner of quenching one's thirst with sea-water -- Letter VIII. To the same, at Wanstead. On rivers, the water of which evaporates before reaching the sea. Experiments on heat. Advantages to be derived thereby -- Letter IX. To Dr. Pringle, at London. On some singular undulations -- Letter X. To my Lord Kaims, at Edinburgh. On music -- Letter XI. To Mr. John Pringle. On the depth of navigable canals -- Letter XII. To Mr. Peter Franklin, at Newport, New England. On music -- Letter XIII. To Mr. Dubourg -- Letter XIV. To Mr. Cadwalader Colden, at New York -- Letter XV. To Dr. Lining, at Charles Town, South Carolina -- Letter XVI. To Mr. Dubourg -- Letter XVII. To the same -- Letter XVIII. To the same -- Letter XIX. To the same -- Observations, conjectures, physical, and meteorological suppositions of B. F. read to the Royal Society, June 3, 1756. -- Observations on the increase of mankind, on the population of countries, &c. written in Pennsylvania, in the year 1751.

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Ford 321

Condition

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Excellent

Date Examined

Mar 13, 2025

Notes

Original blue paper wrappers, uncut. Paper spine with the word "FRANKLIN" written by hand in ink. Some chipping on spine.