Poor Richard's Almanack
Benjamin Franklin
Hardcover
(Ben Franklin Quiz Publishing Co, March 15, 1914)
This is a simply charming collectible for those afficianados of American History. A hard cover book in very nice condition. All pages are perfection, with the smallest bit of edge wear on top cover. Pages have moderate toning. Measurements: 6" by 4" or 15.24 cm by 10.16 Number of pages: 62 Attractive plate of Benjamin Franklin the book starts with a few pages called "The Life of Benjamin Franklin" and continues with 670 sayings and adages in a manner of speaking and that is the totality and extent of the book........so it is not an almanac in our contempoary sense of understanding that word, although the very first renditions did indeed contain weather, ongoing stories, calendars and such, this book has been described as: Benjamin Franklin's classic Poor Richard's Almanac is chiefly remembered for being a repository of Franklin's aphorisms and proverbs,