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Franklin, Benjamin ["Richard Saunders"]
Estimate
3,000 - 5,000 USD
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Description
- Poor Richard Improved: Being an Almanack and Ephemeris ... for ... 1750. Philadelphia: B. Franklin and D. Hall, 1749
- paper, ink
Pp. 36, woodcut zodiac man and monthly panels.
Small 12mo, stitched (7 x 4 in.; 179 x 100 mm).
Some small closed tears, some with loss to margins, text unaffected.
Small 12mo, stitched (7 x 4 in.; 179 x 100 mm).
Some small closed tears, some with loss to margins, text unaffected.
Literature
Church 968; Drake 9716; Miller 469
Catalogue Note
This issue of the Almanack begins with a typically amusing preface by "R. Saunders", blaming the printer for several typographical errors, April features a note related to the effects of smallpox among the American Indians, and July offers advice on eradicating bedbugs from one's home.