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La science du bonhomme Richard, moyen facile de payer les impôts. Traduit de l'anglois.
Historical Society of Pennsylvania - Closed Stacks Am 1778 Fra Af.5432
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Franklin, Benjamin, 1706-1790 5036
- Standardized Title:
- Way to wealth. French
- Language:
- French
- Physical Description:
- 151,[5]p. ; 12°.
- Edition:
- Quatrieme édition.
- Place of Publication:
- Philadelphie [i.e. Paris?] : Se vend à Paris, chez Jean-François Bastien, libraire, rue du Petit-Lion F. S.-G. M. DCC. LXXVIII. [1778]
- Notes:
- Anonymous. By Benjamin Franklin.
- The original was first published in 'Poor Richard's almanac for 1758'; it was separately issued in 1760 as 'Father Abraham's speech' and frequently reprinted after that as 'The way to wealth'.
- A variant imprint of the 'Ruault' editions, using the same titlepage woodcut.
- With a half-title and five final advertisement pages.
- The imprint is false; possibly printed in Switzerland for sale in Paris.
- Local Notes:
- HSP in LCP.
- Cited in:
- Ford, P.L., Franklin, 116
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