[FRANKLIN PRINTING]. Collection of the Works of Thomas Chalkley. 1749. FIRST EDITION.
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[FRANKLIN PRINTING]. Collection of the Works of Thomas Chalkley. Philadelphia: B. Franklin and D. Hall, 1749.
8vo (184 x 121 mm). (Some marginal browning to title-page, light spotting throughout.) Half modern calf, marbled boards, edges stained red.
FIRST EDITION, printed by Benjamin Franklin, of the works of Thomas Chalkley who was "probably the most influential Quaker minister in America during the 18th century" (DNB). Chalkley's Journals became staple reading in Quaker families on into the nineteenth-century. Evans 6297; Howes C262; Miller 463; Sabin 11745.
Property from the Collection of Dr. K. William Harter, Alexandria, Virginia
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