Lot 251
  • 251

Franklin, Benjamin ["Richard Saunders"]

Estimate
5,000 - 7,000 USD
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Description

  • 'Poor Richard Improved: Being an Almanack and Ephemeris … for the Year of our Lord 1754'. Philadelphia: B. Franklin, and D. Hall, [1753]
  • paper, ink
8vo (6 5/8 x 4 1/4 in.; 168 x 108 mm). Woodcut zodiac man and monthly panels; some marginal tears and worming, all margins renewed with japanese tissue. Modern stitching, in a red cloth folding chemise.

Provenance

Sotheby's New York, 14 December 2012 lot, 156

Literature

Drake 9756; Ford 92; Evans 7003; Miller 570

Condition

8vo (6 5/8 x 4 1/4 in.; 168 x 108 mm). Woodcut zodiac man and monthly panels; some marginal tears and worming, all margins renewed with japanese tissue. Modern stitching, in a red cloth folding chemise.
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Catalogue Note

The 1754 issue of this renowned almanac, replete with astrological discourse, as well as a recipe for curing ham (“gammons”).