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An apology for printers /

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Franklin, Benjamin, 1706-1790
Other Authors: Goodman, Randolph, 1908-2003, Wittenberg, Philip, 1895-1987, DePol, John, 1913-2004, Satenstein, Harvey
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Philadelphia : The Bingham Co. : Alliance Printing Co., 1956
Subjects:
Freedom of the press.
Printers.
Description
Item Description:Statement on the value of a free press to a free people, originally published in the Pennsylvania gazette (10 June 1731), reprinted on the 250th anniversary of Franklin's birth.
Bound in brown quarter cloth, marbled paper-covered boards, with printed paper label on front board and gilt-stamped spine.
Issued in gold paper covered slipcase.
Physical Description:xxv, 16 pages : illustrations ; 19 cm.
Production Credits:Designed by Harvey Satenstein [statement from 1955 edition]
Related Items:The Cushing Library/Lowman/Book Design copy forms part of the Book Design Section of the Al Lowman Printing Arts Collection and Research Archive.