Sep 28, 2017 - Sale 2455

Sale 2455 - Lot 124

Price Realized: $ 500
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 700 - $ 1,000
(FRANKLIN, BENJAMIN.) Barbeu-Dubourg, Jacques. Calendrier de Philadelphie, ou Constitutions de Sancho-Pança et Du Bon-Homme Richard en Pensylvanie, bound with Bailly's 1784 Fables Nouvelles. xxx, 118; [iii]-xii, 144 pages. 12mo, contemporary marbled calf, minor wear; spotting to half-title, minimal wear; edges tinted red. [Paris?], 1778

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A French almanac inspired by Franklin's work, written by one of Franklin's collaborators during his term as ambassador to France. It begins with a dialogue between Sancho Panza and Poor Richard. Sabin 3335.