Franklin, Benjamin. LA SCIENCE DU BONHOMME RICHARD. Imprime par C.L.F. Panckoucke, Paris, 1827.

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Description: [6],xvi,16pp., plus a [1]p. prospectus on a folio sheet laid in. Large folio. Original printed wrappers. Wrappers worn, torn along the spine. A few instances of foxing. Very good. From a printing of 200 copies. An elaborate oversized printing of a part of Franklin's WAY TO WEALTH, by a reverent French printer. The preface extracts Franklin's recollections of his work as a printer from his AUTOBIOGRAPHY. Scarce. FORD, FRANKLIN BIBLIOGRAPHY 189.

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