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Creator
Date
1922
Location
Saint Louis
St. Louis, Missouri
United States
St. Louis, Missouri
United States
Media format
Printed text
Extent
[14] p.
Language
English
Size
25 cm
Reference IDs
Folger bibliographic ID: 247269
Folger call number: 266- 315q
Folger holdings ID: 318836
Accession Number: 266315
Folger call number: 266- 315q
Folger holdings ID: 318836
Accession Number: 266315
Notes
General notes
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."
Item information about Folger 266- 315q
Inscription: H.C. Folger, New Years greetings, W.K. Bixby, 1924. Publisher's quarter cloth binding, with decorated paper boards. Gift of Jacquelyn Geissman
Also known as
Extended title: On balloons : a letter written from Passey, France, January sixteenth MDCCLXXXIV
Alternate titles: Letter from Benjanim Franklin on balloons
Alternate titles: Letter from Benjanim Franklin on balloons
Subjects
Related names
author: Franklin, Benjamin, 1706-1790
publisher: Bixby, William K. (William Keeney), 1857-1931
associated name: Bixby, William K. (William Keeney), 1857-1931
former owner: Folger, Emily C. J. (Emily Clara Jordan), 1858-1936
former owner: Folger, Henry Clay, 1857-1930
printer: Merrymount Press
publisher: Bixby, William K. (William Keeney), 1857-1931
associated name: Bixby, William K. (William Keeney), 1857-1931
former owner: Folger, Emily C. J. (Emily Clara Jordan), 1858-1936
former owner: Folger, Henry Clay, 1857-1930
printer: Merrymount Press