Lot 85
  • 85

Franklin, Benjamin ["Richard Saunders"]

Estimate
10,000 - 15,000 USD
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Description

  • Poor Richard Improved: Being an Almanack and Ephemeris ... for ... 1756. Philadelphia: B. Franklin and D. Hall, 1755
  • paper, ink
Pp. 36, woodcut zodiac man and monthly panels.

Small 12mo (6 3/4 x 3 1/2 in.;170 x 95 mm). BINDING: Later half brown calf over marbled boards, gilt title to spine. PROVENANCE: Samuel W. Pennypacker (bookplate to front pastedown). Pennypacker (1843 – 1916) was the 23rd governor of Pennsylvania, and a prolific book collector. — Stan. V. Henkels Auctions, 14 December 1905, lot 126



Staining to title, repair to joint between first and second leaves, some pages with contemporary annotations in brown ink, some small closed tears, some with loss to margins, text unaffected. Corners of binding bumped, spine chipping with loss. 

Provenance

Samuel W. Pennypacker (bookplate to front pastedown; Stan. V. Henkels Auctions, 14 December 1905, lot 126). Pennypacker (1843 – 1916) was the 23rd governor of Pennsylvania, and a prolific book collector.

Literature

Miller 608, Evans 7420; Drake 9776

Catalogue Note

FIRST EDITION. Miller locates 20 copies, including this one.