Benjamin Franklin | Poor Richard ... for the year 1750

Benjamin Franklin

Poor Richard improved: Being an Almanack and Ephemeris of the Motions of the Sun and Moon ... For the Year of our Lord 1750. Philadelphia: B. Franklin and D. Hall, [1749]

12mo (165 x 102 mm). Uncut. Woodcut borders and vignettes including the anatomical man and monthly panels; some browning and offsetting, stray spots, one or two closed marginal tears, longer closed tears neatly repaired. Stitched self-wrappers; some rubbing and soiling. Housed in custom slipcase and folding chemise. [With:] Slip laid in reading "From the private library of A.S.W. Rosenbach."

Frist edition—the Rosenbach copy.

REFERENCES:

Miller 469; Evans 6320; Hildeburn 1154; Drake 9716

PROVENANCE:

A.S.W. Rosenbach (note laid in) — John Fleming