Poor Richard : the almanacks for the years 1733-1758 /
This edition contains the text of each of the twenty-six issues of Poor Richard's Almanac published by Benjamin Franklin. For the most part, meteorological and astronomical material has been omitted, as well as a few factual articles to which Poor Richard contributed neither his wit nor his wis...
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| Language: | English |
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New York :
Paddington Press,
[1976]
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| Summary: | This edition contains the text of each of the twenty-six issues of Poor Richard's Almanac published by Benjamin Franklin. For the most part, meteorological and astronomical material has been omitted, as well as a few factual articles to which Poor Richard contributed neither his wit nor his wisdom. |
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| Item Description: | "Wherein are retain'd in their entirety the author's prefaces, proverbs, verses & entertaining remarks ; together with those chronological, historical, and scientific observations which the author has illumin'd with his characteristic wit & wisdom." "Contains the text of each of the twenty-six issues of Poor Richard's almanack ... For the most part, meteorological and astronomical material has been omitted, as well as a few factual articles ..." Cover title: Poor Richard's almanacks. Reprint of the edition published by the Limited Editions Club, Philadelphia. |
| Physical Description: | xi, 300 pages, 8 unnumbered leaves of plates : illustrations ; 29 cm |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references. |
| ISBN: | 0846701200 9780846701200 |