Expériences et Observations sur l'Électricité faites à Philadelphie en Amérique

Paris: Chez Durand, 1752, 1st French edition Howes F320,. Ford 80. The first French edition of Franklin's famous work on electricity, a translation of the first part of his English publication on his experiments, originally published in London the previous year. This was the first edition issues in a foreign language, and the foundation of Franklin's fame in France, where a quarter century later he was greeted as the great sage of the New World.