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FRANKLIN, Benjamin. The Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin. Cleveland: The Rowfant Club, 1898. LIMITED EDITION, number 8 of 150 copies. [Tipped in:] Rowfant Club Ex Libris with motto.
Sale 1097 - Fine Printed Books & Manuscripts, Including Americana
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Nov 8, 2022 9:00AM CT
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FRANKLIN, Benjamin (1706-1790).  The Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin. Cleveland: The Rowfant Club, 1898. 

8vo. Numerous plates. Red crushed levant gilt, top edge gilt, others uncut, BY THE ROWFANT BINDERY (touch of rubbing to spine ends). Provenance: Edwin Babcock Holden (1861-1906), former President of the Grolier Club, member of the Rowfant Club (bookplate).

LIMITED EDITION, number 8 of 150 copies.  With an introduction by Liberty Emery Holden, owner of the Cleveland Plain Dealer and art collector. [Tipped in:] Rowfant Club Ex Libris with motto: "Light seeking light doth light of light beguile." Designed by Will H. Low and printed in colors presumably by Bierstadt in a limited edition, labeled number 36 of 100 sets.  

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