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035 $a2283960
035 $aocm06517406
040 $aVA@$cVA@$dOCL$dOCLCQ$dBRL
041 1 $afre$heng
043 $an-us---
049 $aBRLL
099 $aAdams 244.1
100 1 $aFranklin, Benjamin,$d1706-1790.
245 13 $aLa science du bonhomme Richard :$bmoyen facile de payer les impôts. Traduit de l'anglois.
250 $aQuatrieme édition.
260 $aPhiladelphie ;$aSe vend à Paris :$bChez Jean-Francois Bastien, Libraire ...,$cMDCCLXXVIII [1778]
300 $a151, [5] p. ;$c18 cm.
500 $aHead-pieces; tail-pieces.
500 $aPrinted marginalia.
500 $aIncludes half t.p. and five final advertisement pages.
500 $aAnonymous. By Benjamin Franklin. Translated by A.F. Quétant.
500 $aA variant imprint of the 'Ruault' editions, using the same titlepage woodcut.
500 $aThe imprint is false; possibly printed in Switzerland for sale in Paris.
500 $aThe 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."
500 $aAppended: Interrogatoire de M. Franklin devant la Chambre des communes [tr. par P.S. Dupont de Nemours]--Constitution de la république de Pensylvanie.--Interrogatoire de M. Penn a la barre du Parlement d'Angleterre [tr. par A.F. Quétant et J.B. L'Ecuy]--Livres qui se trouvent chez le même libraire [publisher's advertisement at end] -- cf. Sabin 25583.
500 $aJohn Adams Library copy has bookplate: John Adams Library, in the Custody of the Boston Public Library.$5BRL
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references.
510 4 $aESTC,$cW41783
510 4 $aFord, P.L., Franklin,$c116
510 4 $aSabin,$c25583
533 $aAlso available on microfilm.$bNew Haven, CT :$cResearch Publications,$d[1976].$e1 microfilm reel ; 35 mm.$f(Goldsmiths'-Kress Library of Economic Literature ; no. 11761).
590 $aJohn Adams Library copy transferred from the supervisors of the Temple and School Fund. Quincy, Mass., 1894.
650 0 $aSuccess$vEarly works to 1800.
650 0 $aMaxims$vEarly works to 1800.
651 0 $aUnited States$xForeign relations$y1775-1783.
700 1 $aQuétant, Antoine-François,$d1733-1823,$etr.
700 1 $aPenn, Richard,$dca. 1736-1811.
700 1 $aAdams, John,$d1735-1826,$eformer owner.$5BRL
710 1 $aPennsylvania.$kConstitution.
710 2 $aJohn Adams Library (Boston Public Library)$5BRL
937 $aPhilosophy and ethics.
955 $aR-B
994 $a02$bBRL