Description: The way to wealth, or, Poor Richard improved /

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Franklin, Benjamin, 1706-1790.
Corporate Author:	Benjamin Franklin Collection (Library of Congress)
Contributors:	Quétant, Antoine-François, 1733-1823., Saunders, Richard, 1706-1790.
Format:	Book
Language:	English French
Published:	Paris : [Dijon : Printed for Ant. Aug. Renouard ; Printed by P. Causse], 1795.
Subjects and Genres:	Success > Early works to 1800. Maxims, American > Early works to 1800. Chapbooks, English. Littérature de colportage anglaise. Succès > Ouvrages avant 1800. Emigration and immigration. Maxims, American. Success. United States > Emigration and immigration > Early works to 1800. United States. Early works.
Online Access:	Connect online to the Making of the Modern World (The Goldsmiths'-Kress Library of Economic Literature)
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Item Description:	Plate signed: Duplessis, pinx. Alex.re Tardieu, sculp. Additional printer statement on verso of half t.p. Signatures: pi1 1-10⁴ 11⁶ 12-23⁴, ²1-4⁴. Printed on wove paper. The way to wealth, signed: Richard Saunders, was originally published in Poor Richard's almanac for 1758, and separately issued in 1760 under title: Father Abraham's speech. In the present edition it is followed by A.F. Quetant's French translation (with special t.p.: La science du bonhomme Richard ou Moyen facile de payer les impots. Par Benj. Franklin. Paris, Chez A.A. Renouard, 1795) Appended: Dialogue entre la goutte et Franklin: Quelques mots sur l'Amerique; Dr. Franklin's epitaph. "Cataloge des livres imprimes par J.B. Bodoni qui se trouvent chez An. Aug. Renouard ..."--Page 31, 1 at end LC copy lacks publisher's advertisements (p. 31, [1]) at end.
Physical Description:	181, [5], 31, [1] p., [1] leaf of plates : 1 port. (engraving) ; 18 cm. (8vo)
Place of Publication:	France -- Paris. France -- Dijon. LC copy 1 formerly identified as HF5386.F6 in database. vj23.