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Lot 78
Sale 6465 - Printed and Manuscript Americana
Jan 29, 2026
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Live / Philadelphia
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[Franklin, Benjamin] Poor Richard Illustrated. Lessons for the Young and Old on Industry, Temperance, Frugality &c. by Benjamin Franklin
"Early to bed and early to rise, makes a man healthy, wealthy, and wise."
(Philadelphia): N. Monroe, 1868. Engraving, by O(liver). Pelton. Approximately 19 3/4 x 24 1/4 in. (502 x 616 mm) (sight). Dampstaining along bottom edge. In mat and unexamined out of frame, 24 1/2 x 29 in. (622 x 737 mm).
A fine engraving by Oliver Pelton (1792-1882) illustrating Benjamin Franklin's famed Poor Richard aphorisms, and showing 24 vignettes with a portrait of Franklin at center after Joseph Siffred Duplessis' painting.
This lot is located in Philadelphia.