Accession number
Heineman 682
Creator
Franklin, Benjamin, 1706-1790.
Published
Paris, Printed for A. A. Renouard [Dijon, Printed by P. Causse] 1795.
Credit line
Gift of the trustees of the Dannie and Hettie Heineman Collection, 1977.
Notes
First issue of this translation. Printed on papier velin. Frontispiece engraved by Tardieu after Duplessis.
The way to wealth, signed: Richard Saunders, was first published in Poor Richard's almanac for 1758, and separately issued in 1760 under title: Father Abraham's speech. In the present edition it is followed by A. F. Quétant's French translation (with special t.p.: La science du bonhomme Richard, ou Moyen facile de payer les impôts. Par Benj. Franklin. Paris, Chez A. A. Renouard, 1795) Appended: Dialogue entre la goutte et Franklin: Quelques mots sur l'Amérique; Dr. Franklin's epitaph.
The way to wealth, signed: Richard Saunders, was first published in Poor Richard's almanac for 1758, and separately issued in 1760 under title: Father Abraham's speech. In the present edition it is followed by A. F. Quétant's French translation (with special t.p.: La science du bonhomme Richard, ou Moyen facile de payer les impôts. Par Benj. Franklin. Paris, Chez A. A. Renouard, 1795) Appended: Dialogue entre la goutte et Franklin: Quelques mots sur l'Amérique; Dr. Franklin's epitaph.
Description
2 p. l., 181, [2] p., 1 l. front. (port.) 18 cm
Provenance
Dannie and Hettie Heineman.
Binding
Contemporary brown half calf with gilt, marbled covers, uncut.
Classification
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