La science du bonhomme Richard
By: par Franklin.
Contributors: Quétant, Antoine-François, 1733-1823.; Stevens, Henry, 1819-1886, former owner.; Pratt, W., binder.; Benjamin Franklin Collection (Library of Congress)
Publisher: De l'imprimerie de J. C. Salles
Published: 1799
Place of publication: A Riom
Language: fre
Number of pages: 44
Subjects: Success -- Early works to 1800; Maxims, American -- Early works to 1800
Genres: Early works to 1800.
Notes: LC copy has bookplate of Henry Stevens. Signed binding: "Bound by W. Pratt for H. Stevens, 1882".
Ford, P.L.  Franklin bibliography, 140
La science du bonhomme Richard signed at end: 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".
La science du bonhomme Richard was translated by A.F. Quétant.
Signatures: A-E⁴ F².
Plate with portrait of Franklin signed: "Duplessis Pinx., Alex.re Tardieu, sculp.t."