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A Sammelband of Poor Richard almanacs

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25.04.2022 10:00UTC -04:00
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Lot 130 | A Sammelband of Poor Richard almanacs
FRANKLIN, Benjamin (1706-1790). Poor Richard's Almanac. Philadelphia: B. Franklin, [1746-] 1747 and B. Franklin and D. Hall, 1748-1750.A Sammelband of Poor Richard almanacs bearing the ownership signatures of two women. Comprising:I) [Poor Richard Almanack for the Year 1747. Philadelphia: B. Franklin, 1746.] 16pp. (lacking first four leaves including title; wormhole, dogears). Miller 387. II) Poor Richard improved: Being an Almanack and Ephemeris … for the … Year, 1748. Philadelphia: B. Franklin, [1747]. 36 pp. “Middle Colonies” issue intended for local readership (the rarest of the issues located by Miller). Miller 419. III) Poor Richard improved: Being an Almanack and Ephemeris … for the Year … 1749. Philadelphia: B. Franklin and D. Hall, [1748.] 36 pp. Early issue with the Earth’s circumference given as “nigh 4000 miles” rather than 24,000—a printing fault of which Franklin poked fun in the preface to next year’s Almanac (present in this Sammelband). It was the first Poor Richard printed under David Hall’s supervision, in partnership with Franklin. (Tear and minor losses to title). Miller 441. IV) Poor Richard improved: Being an Almanack and Ephemeris … for the Year … 1750. Philadelphia: B. Franklin and D. Hall, [1749.] 36 pp. Early ownership inscription of Margaret Pearson at right margin of page 17 and a drawing of a cow on page 28 over the phases of the moon (small loss to latter page, page 17-18 horizontally torn). Miller 469. V) Poor Richard improved: Being an Almanack and Ephemeris … for the Year … 1751. Philadelphia: B. Franklin and D. Hall, [1750.] First 26 pp. (only) and a fragment of the subsequent leaf of December. (Miller 502). [With:] a twentieth century transmittal envelope addressed to Mr. D. M. Serrill of Kanas City, Kan. and bearing an undated New York, NY cancellation. Genealogical records suggest that the original owners resided in Darby, Pennsylvania, both daughters of John Pearson (d. 1763) from two different marriages.Five works in one, 12mo (160 x 105mm). Calendrical woodcuts and anatomical cuts (trimmed close with occasional shaving of letters, scattered dampstains, occasional tears, 2 almanacs defective, individual notes listed above, sold with all faults.) Stitched and sewn. Provenance: Other occasional contemporary marginalia – Rebekah Pearson (b. 1747? ownership inscription in lower margin of signature D in first work) – Margaret Pearson (b. 1738? ownership inscription) – D. M. Serrill (address on old transmittal envelope).
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