Calendrier de Philadelphie, ou, Constitutions de Sancho-Pança et du Bon-homme Richard, en Pensylvanie

Alternate Title:

Calendrier de Philadelphie; Constitutions de Sancho-Pança et du Bon-homme Richard, en Pensylvanie

Name:

Barbeu Du Bourg, M. (Jacques), 1709-1779

Timespan:

Early works to 1800

Date:

1778

Language:

French

Provenance:

Rosengarten, Joseph G. (donor) (RBC copy); Guyette (autograph, 1794) (RBC copy)

Publisher:

[publisher not identified]

Subject:

Franklin, Benjamin, 1706-1790; Maxims -- Early works to 1800; Maxims; Franklin, Benjamin, 1706-1790 Parodies, imitations, etc

Resource Type:

Text

Form/Genre:

books; Parodies (Literature)

Physical Description:

xxx, 118 pages, 2 unnumbered pages (the last leaf blank); 14 cm (12mo)

Rights:

http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/NoC-US/1.0/

Notes:

A reissue of the 1777 ed. with the title leaf and half-title reset, and with the addition of an introduction, purportedly by Sancho Pança (p. [v]-xxx), and of the "Conversation après souper, entre Mistriss Rachel, Sir Thomas, Le Bon-homme Richard et Sancho-Pança" (p. [1]-6, second count). Some copies retain the first three leaves (including title leaf) of the 1777 ed., although they are cancelled in most. Also cf. William Reese Co. Catalogue 255, no. 26.; Probably published in Paris and London. Cf. Grand-Carteret, J. Almanachs français, no. 595. Barbier and Quérard record a 1778 ed. with imprint: Philadelphia et Paris, Esprit, 1778.; Signatures: A⁶(-A1-3+a-c⁶) B-K⁶ (K6 blank).; Editions of 1802 and 1823 published under title: Almanach de Philadelphie.; Printed within double-ruled borders.; "Sorte de manuel de morale dans le genre et à l'imitation du 'Bonhomme Richard' de Franklin."--Grand-Carteret, Almanachs français, 1896.

Physical Location:

Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts, Curtis Collection, AY831 .Z7 1778; Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts, Rare Book Collection, AY831 .Z7 1778

Collection:

Curtis Collection of Franklin Imprints (University of Pennsylvania)