FRANKLIN, BENJAMIN La Science du Bonhomme Richard de Benjamin Franklin, precedee d'un A brege de la Vie de Franklin, et suivie de son Interrogatoire devant la Chambre des Communes.
Paris: l'An II [1794]. Modern tan morocco backed marbled boards, the spine tooled and lettered in gilt with raised bands, the original blue marbled paper wrappers bound in. 6 5/8 x 3 1/2 inches (17 x 9 cm); lxiv, 119 pp., printed on blue paper. Spotting mostly to edges and margins, small toned area to corner of title, paper flaw to margin of page xxxiii, a nicely bound copy.

Franklin's The Way to Wealth was published in Paris several times in Franklin's lifetime under the title La Science du Bonhomme Richard. This edition is the first to include la Vie de Franklin, which Ford attributes to J.B. Say. Sabin 25585; Ford 133.

C The Collection of Jay I. Kislak sold to benefit the Kislak Family Foundation

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