From William Reese Company - Americana, New Haven, CT, U.S.A.
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[36]pp. including one in-text woodcut illustration. 12mo. Printed self-wrappers, stitched. Faint contemporary ink signature in outer margin of titlepage. Title and terminal leaves foxed. Overall very good. A Federal Era Poor Richard's almanac, containing various reflections, recipes, and bits of verse. One article, by Mr. Wm. Forsyth, describes a method of "Curing Injuries and Defects in Trees" using cow dung and "lime rubbish of old buildings;" another offers a method of "extracting a spirituous liquor from Carrots." The woodcut illustration, "The Anatomy of Man's Body, as govern'd by the Twelve Constellations," appears on the verso of the title-leaf. DRAKE 10382. EVANS 27672. ESTC W29820. Seller Inventory # WRCAM37654
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Title: POOR RICHARD IMPROVED: BEING AN ALMANACK AND...
Publisher: Printed and Sold by Hall and Sellers, Philadelphia
Publication Date: 1794
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