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.