Memoires de la Vie Privee de Benjamin Franklin, Ecrits par Lui-Meme at Adresses a Son Fils

The first edition of Franklin's famous autobiography in a fine period binding. This is certainly Franklin's best-known book and a classic piece of Americana. In it, Franklin tells the story of his climb, by means of thrift and frugality, from poverty to success and influence. It is also one of the best pictures of life in Philadelphia during his youth and middle age. Franklin is remarkably frank throughout the work about his motives and the people with whom he was involved.

From Catalog IV

The first edition of the <em>Autobiography</em> in any language — in French, translated from a manuscript copy, and published a year after Franklin's death. Franklin's best-known work and the founding text of the American self-made man, here in a fine period binding. The collection holds two copies.