What a story this book has. The publisher is the grandson of Benjamin Franklin, who took this lad of 7 to Paris in 1776 on his diplomatic missionl. A classics education was arranged for the boy, but the last two years of their 9 year stay, now 16 he was apprenticed to the most famous printer in Paris for 2 years. Young Benjamin franklin Bache graduated from Univ. of Pennsylvania in 1787, winning prizes for translations in Latin along the way. He then took over the family printing business, under the watchful eye of his failing grandfather. At age 20 this is one of the first books he published, a school text for Latin beginners, listing himself as publisher. His famed grandfather died the next year, and he then inherited the business. e died of yellow fever only 9 years later. Original leahter boards with a new leather spine. Endpapers have been added to protect the title page. Pages (4), 170, (index, 6). The Franklins made their own rag paper, and this has no foxing or stains.