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American Philosophical Society. THE RECORD OF THE CELEBRATION OF THE TWO HUNDREDTH ANNIVERSARY OF THE BIRTH OF BENJAMIN FRANKLIN, UNDER THE AUSPICES OF THE AMERICAN PHILOSOPHICAL SOCIETY HELD AT PHILADELPHIA FOR PROMOTING USEFUL KNOWLEDGE, APRIL THE SEVENTEENTH TO APRIL THE TWENTIETH, A.D. NINETEEN HUNDRED AND SIX. Philadelphia, 1906–1908. Six volumes, complete. 8vo, original matching green cloth, gilt. Color frontispieces to two volumes; xix, (1), 321, (1) + xx, 573, (3) + ix, (1), 526, (2) + ix, (1), 560 + ix, (1), 510, (2) + ix, (1), 325, (1) pages; 3 additional plates with tissue guards. Some hinges repaired with tape or cracked. Largely unopened. First volume binding cracked; else generally near fine. An important compendium of Franklin letters and other material. Beginning with the second volume, the series comprises the Calendar of the Papers of Benjamin Franklin in the Library of the American Philosophical Society, and constitutes a major resource for any research on Franklin. Volumes II and III print letters to Franklin housed in the APS library, while Volumes IV and V include letters to and from Franklin and general papers; Volume VI constitutes a thorough index. Illustrations include the St. Gaudens Franklin medal and a fine photogravure of the Wedgwood cameo medallion of Franklin. Ex James Strohn Copley, with his bookplate; ex Kolbe & Fanning Sale 138, lot 223; ex Cardinal Collection Library.