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POOR RICHARD IMPROVED: BEING AN ALMANACK AND EPHEMERIS OF THE MOTIONS OF THE SUN AND MOON...FOR THE YEAR OF OUR LORD 1768...
de Saunders, Richard [pseudonym
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Philadelphia: Printed and Sold by D. Hall and W. Sellers, 1767. [36]pp. including in-text woodcut illustrations. 12mo. Printed self-wrappers, stitched. Additional stab holes in blank gutter. Contemporary ink manuscript notes in margins of two pages of text. Dampstain in upper margin. Scattered foxing. Overall very good. The second Poor Richard's almanac issued after Benjamin Franklin's involvement with the publication ended. In addition to the calendar, the present volume includes an article on the selection and cultivation of fruit trees, numerous health remedies, and bits of wisdom from Peter the Great and Semiramis. Woodcuts illustrating the different signs of the zodiac accompany each month of the almanac. The illustration, "The Anatomy of Man's Body, as govern'd by the Twelve Constellations," appears on page [5]. DRAKE 9913. EVANS 10765. ESTC W36925
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- POOR RICHARD IMPROVED: BEING AN ALMANACK AND EPHEMERIS OF THE MOTIONS OF THE SUN AND MOON...FOR THE YEAR OF OUR LORD 1768...
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- Saunders, Richard [pseudonym
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- Printed and Sold by D. Hall and W. Sellers
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- Philadelphia
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- 1767
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With a catalogued inventory of over thirty thousand items, and a general inventory of over sixty-five thousand items, we are among the leading specialists in the fields of Americana and world travel, and maintain a large and eclectic inventory of literary first editions and antiquarian books of the 18th through 20th centuries.
We issue frequent, and substantial, catalogues in our fields of specialization, and we are equipped to produce smaller lists devoted to specific subjects with ease in response to requests.
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