Jun 27, 2024 - Sale 2675

Sale 2675 - Lot 141

Price Realized: $ 1,062
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 600 - $ 900
BENJAMIN FRANKLIN. The Way to Wealth; or, Poor Richard Improved. Frontispiece plate. [4], 181, [4] pages. 12mo, contemporary calf, moderate wear, joints split, lower corner of boards scorched; dampstaining to the last 6 leaves. Paris, 1795
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The first section is in English, with the bulk of the volume dedicated to "La Science du Bonhomme Richard," with its own title page. Without the 28-page supplement found in some copies. "The prettiest edition yet printed"--Ford, Franklin 135.

Provenance: Swann sale, 27 April 2017, lot 141; property of Steve Forbes.