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Lot 11
Sale 6004 - Books and Manuscripts
May 20, 2021
8:00AM ET
null / Philadelphia
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Estimate
$5,000 -
8,000
Price Realized
$10,080
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Lot Description
[Americana] [Franklin, Benjamin] Saunders, R(ichard). A Pocket Almanack For the Year 1761. Fitted to the Use of Pennsylvania, and the Neighbouring Provinces. With several useful Additions
Philadelphia: B. Franklin, and D. Hall, no date (1760). First edition. 24mo. (24) pp. Original embossed Dutch paper wrappers, stab-sewn, worn, front wrapper detached, loss at bottom front corner, MS. on verso and at recto of rear wrapper; title-page loose; old tape residue in front and rear "hinge"; scattered wear to edges, with some loss at top corner; in clamshell case. Miller 743; Evans 8731
Very rare and complete. This is the first copy of the 1761 edition to be offered at auction since 1922.