Benjamin Franklin | Poor Richard … for the Year 1757

Benjamin Franklin

Poor Richard improved: Being an Almanack and Ephemeris of the Motions of the Sun and Moon … For the Year of our Lord 1757 ... Fitted to the Latitude of forty degrees, and a Meridian of near five hours west from London; but may, without sensible error, serve all the Northern Colonies. Philadelphia: Printed and Sold by B. Franklin and D. Hall, [1756]

12mo (165 x 102 mm). Woodcut borders, anatomical man, and monthly panels; trimmed close with some borders and text shaved, some spotting and staining. Disbound; some spotting and soiling. Housed in custom clamshell case. 

First edition.

REFERENCES

Miller 635; ESTC W22791; Evans 7668; Hildeburn 1499; Drake 9786