Author(s): Richard Saunders

Literature - Anthologies, Collections, Essays, Reference

 'Wherein Are Retain'd in Their Entirety the Author's Prefaces, Proverbs, Verses and Entertaining Remarks, Together with Those Chronological, Historical and Scientific Observations Which the Author Has Illumin'd with His Characteristic Wit and Wisdom' (From title page).
Benjamin Franklin's Poor Richard's Almanacks, are a classic of American letters and were, in their day, an immensely popular and influential publication. In colonial America they were read by one out of every hundred people; in France alone they went through fifty-six editions. Many of the sayings and homilies in Poor Richard have become a permenent part of American folk wisdom.

Very good conditon. Dust jacket has some moderate scuffing and wear at edges.