On balloons : a letter written from Passey, France, January sixteenth MDCCLXXXIV.
Franklin, Benjamin, 1706-1790, author.; Bixby, William K. (William Keeney), 1857-1931, publisher.; Bixby, William K. (William Keeney), 1857-1931, associated name.; Folger, Emily C. J. (Emily Clara Jordan), 1858-1936, former owner.; Folger, Henry Clay, 1857-1930, former owner.; Merrymount Press, printer.
1922
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Title
On balloons : a letter written from Passey, France, January sixteenth MDCCLXXXIV.
Cover title
Letter from Benjanim Franklin on balloons
Created/published
Saint Louis : Privately printed for his friends by W.K. Bixby, 1922.
Description
[14] p. : facsims. ; 25 cm
Associated name
Note
Includes a facsim. of the holograph letter and a title vignette of the balloon which was the original invention of Joseph and Étienne Montgolfier.
"Two hundred and fifty copies ... were printed on Vidalon paper for W.K. Bixby by D.B. Updike, Merrymount Press, Boston, October, 1922."
"Two hundred and fifty copies ... were printed on Vidalon paper for W.K. Bixby by D.B. Updike, Merrymount Press, Boston, October, 1922."
Place of creation/publication
United States -- Missouri -- St. Louis.
Call number
266- 315q
Folger-specific note
Inscription: H.C. Folger, New Years greetings, W.K. Bixby, 1924. Publisher's quarter cloth binding, with decorated paper boards. Gift of Jacquelyn Geissman.
Folger accession
266315