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Title: Transactions of the American Philosophical Society...Volume III Author: ** Place: Philadelphia Publisher: Robert Aitken & Son Date: 1793 Description: xl, 368 pp. Folding map; 5 copperplate engravings (1 folding); 1 table on folding sheet. (4to) 10½x8½, contemporary boards with later paper spine. First Edition. Scarce early volume from this noted American learned society. Contents includes the text of several letters from Benjamin Franklin on the subjects of the formation of the earth, paper making in the Chinese manner, and Magnetism. Other contributors include William Barton Benjamin Rush, Benjamin Smith Barton, David Rittenhouse etc. Inscribed by the Society President on front free endpaper: "Mr. Genet from his Friend, D. Rittenhouse." Lot Amendments Condition: Some loss of original paper covering from front and rear boards; hinges cracked; foxing throughout, staining to lower edge of several leaves; else very good in the original untrimmed condition. Item number: 184937