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About this Item

Title

  • La science du bonhomme Richard, ou, Moyen facile de payer les impôts

Other Title

  • Science du bonhomme Richard
  • Moyen facile de payer les impôts

Names

  • Franklin, Benjamin, 1706-1790
  • Quétant, Antoine-François, 1733-1823
  • Du Pont de Nemours, Pierre Samuel, 1739-1817
  • L'Ecuy, J.-B. (Jean-Baptiste), 1740-1834
  • Penn, Richard, approximately 1736-1811
  • Ruault, Nicolas, 1742?-1828, bookseller
  • Stevens, Henry, Jr., 1819-1886 former owner
  • Kebler, Leonard, donor
  • De Coverly, R. (Roger), 1831-1914, binder
  • Pratt, W. (William Pitt), binder
  • Benjamin Franklin Collection (Library of Congress)
  • Pennsylvania
  • Great Britain. Parliament. House of Commons

Created / Published

  • A Philadelphie ; Et se trouve à Paris : Chez Ruault Libraire, rue de la Harpe, 1777.

Headings

  • -  Success--Early works to 1800
  • -  Maxims, American--Early works to 1800
  • -  United States--Foreign relations--1775-1783
  • -  Great Britain.--Stamp Act (1765)
  • -  United States--Pennsylvania--Philadelphia
  • -  France--Paris

Genre

  • Bookbinding (Binding)--DLC

Notes

  • -  Translated into French by A.F. Quetant.
  • -  La science du bonhomme Richard signed: Richard Saunders. The original was first published in Poor Richard's almanac for 1758; separately issued in 1760 under title: "Father Abraham's speech" and frequently reprinted under title: "The way to wealth".
  • -  Title vignette, head and tail pieces.
  • -  Signatures: A-F¹² G⁶.
  • -  Ford, P.L. Franklin bibliography, 113
  • -  "Interrogatoire de M. Franklin devant la Chambre des Communes," translated by Pierre Samuel Du Pont de Nemours: p. 27-81.
  • -  "Constitution de la République de Pensylvanie, telle qu'elle a été établie par la Commission générale extraordinaire ... ": p. 82-145.
  • -  "Interrogatoire de M. Penn a la barre du Parlement d'Angleterre," translated by Quetant and Jean-Baptiste l'Ecuy: p. 146-151.
  • -  Publisher's advertisements: 4 p. at end.
  • -  LC copy has bookplate of Henry Stevens. Signed binding: "R. De Coverly for H. Stevens, 1882". Bound by W. Pratt.
  • -  LAC nsk 2019-07-24 no edits (2 cards)
  • -  LAC ael 2022-02-22 update (1 card)

Medium

  • 151, [1], 4 p. ; 17 cm. (12mo)

Call Number/Physical Location

  • HF5386 .F7 1777
  • HF5386 .F7 1777 Copy 2 LC copy imperfect: 4 p. at end with publisher's advertisements wanting. Has bookplate: "Ex-libris W.F.G."
  • HF5386 .F7 1777 Copy 3 LC copy has ink stamp: Library. Department of State.
  • HF5386 .F7 1777 Copy 4 LC copy has ink stamp: "Bequest of Leonard Kebler ... 1961". In half-calf, cloth covered slip-case binding.

Digital Id

Library of Congress Control Number

  • 07009959

Online Format

  • pdf
  • image

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Chicago citation style:

Franklin, Benjamin, Antoine-François Quétant, Pierre Samuel Du Pont De Nemours, J.-B L'Ecuy, Richard Penn, Nicolas Ruault, Henry Stevens, et al. La science du bonhomme Richard, ou, Moyen facile de payer les impôts. A Philadelphie ; Et se trouve à Paris: Chez Ruault Libraire, rue de la Harpe, 1777. Pdf. https://aj.sunback.homes/item/07009959/.

APA citation style:

Franklin, B., Quétant, A., Du Pont De Nemours, P. S., L'Ecuy, J. -., Penn, R., Ruault, N. [...] Great Britain. Parliament. House Of Commons. (1777) La science du bonhomme Richard, ou, Moyen facile de payer les impôts. A Philadelphie ; Et se trouve à Paris: Chez Ruault Libraire, rue de la Harpe. [Pdf] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://aj.sunback.homes/item/07009959/.

MLA citation style:

Franklin, Benjamin, et al. La science du bonhomme Richard, ou, Moyen facile de payer les impôts. A Philadelphie ; Et se trouve à Paris: Chez Ruault Libraire, rue de la Harpe, 1777. Pdf. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <aj.sunback.homes/item/07009959/>.