Poor Richard improved: being an almanack and ephemeris … for the year of our Lord 1769 ….
Philadelphia: D. Hall and W. Sellers, [1768].
Price: $2,000.00
About the item
Illustration of anatomical man. 36 pp. 1 vols. 12mo. Stitched self-wrappers. Title page chipped at upper right corner, usual browning and staining. Full brown morocco box. Evans 11064; Drake 9224; Church 1068.
Item #352716
Includes an essay on Fruit Trees on p. 2-3, being passages extracted from Thomas Hitt's Treatise (1755), as well as numerous health related recipes. The second Poor Richard's almanac issued after Benjamin Franklin's involvement with the publication ended.
