Poor Richard's almanack

Author: Franklin, Benjamin, 1706-1790.
Title: Poor Richard's almanack. Philadelphia,1732.


Title: Poor Richard improved: being an almanack and ephemeris of the motions of the sun and moon; the true places and aspects of the planets; the rising and setting of the sun, the rising, setting and southing of the moon, for the year of Our Lord 1758: being the second after leap-year. Containing also, the lunations, conjunctions, eclipses, judgment of the weather, rising and setting of the planets, length of days and nights, fairs, courts, roads, &c. Together with useful tables, chronological observations, and entertaining remarks. 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. By Richard Saunders, philom. [pseud.]. Philadelphia, Printed and sold by B. Franklin, and D. Hall [1757]
Description: [36] p. illus. 16 cm.
Notes: Signatures: [A]-[F]4-2 The last of the Poor Richard almanacs edited by Franklin, containing the proverbs of the former issues combined in one piece which was subsequently published under the titles, "Father Abraham's speech" and "The way to wealth". cf. Franklin's Autobiography, ed. by Bigelow (1905), v. 1, p. 603; Ford's Franklin bibl., and The Curtis collection of Franklin imprints.
Subjects: Almanacs, American.
Other entries: Franklin, Benjamin, 1706-1790. Hall, David, 1714-1772.
Call numbers: UCB Bancroft x PN6157.K6 F831p 1758 Note: Interleaved, with manuscript notations. Koundakjian collection.


Facsimile: Poor Richard's almanack; being the almanacks of 1733, 1749, 1756, 1757, 1758, first written under the name of Richard Saunders, by Benjamin Franklin; with a foreword by Phillips Russell, a preface by the publishers, the almanacks in facsimile, certain text set up in type, and numerous and sundry illustrations and embellishments. Garden City, N.Y., Doubleday, Doran, 1928. 55 p. incl. front. (port.) facsims.
Call numbers: UCB Main 940.F831.p.1928