Benjamin Franklin, 1950, First Edition with Dust Jacket, Ingri & Edgar Parin D'Aulaire, Gorgeous newest Illustrations

First edition of the d'Aulaires' beautifully illustrated biography of BENJAMIN FRANKLIN. 10.75'' x 8.5''. Profusely illustrated in color and brown and white. 48 pages.

The book has its original dust jacket which has a lot of wear and tears as well. The back of dust jacket has separated from the front completely. See pictures. The inside page does have the gift message to person it was given to in 1950 as seen in photo and a small tag of the bookshop it was purchased from, The Old Corner Bookstore, Boston, Mass. Price $2.50.

Benjamin Franklin was an American polymath active as a writer, scientist, inventor, statesman, diplomat, printer, publisher and political philosopher. Among the leading intellectuals of his time, Franklin was one of the Founding Fathers of the United States and the first United States Postmaster General.

After the publication newest of Ola in 1932, the work of Ingri and Edgar D'Aulaire has needed no introduction - their beautiful picture books have delighted countless children ever since.

Ingri Mortenson and Edgar Parin D'Aulaire met in Munich where both were studying art in the 1920's. Ingri had grown up in Norway; Edgar, the son of a noted portrait painter, was born in Switzerland and had lived in Paris and Florence. Shortly after their marriage, they moved to the United States and began to create the picture books that have established their reputation for unique craftsmanship. Their books were known for their vivid lasting color, a result of the painstaking process of stone lithography used for all their American history biographies. This was an old world craft in which they were both expert, which involved actually tracing their images on large slabs of Bavarian limestone.

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