Framed Hand-colored Engraving of Benjamin Franklin's "Poor Richard Illustrated,"

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Framed Hand-colored Engraving of Benjamin Franklin's "Poor Richard Illustrated," O. Pelton, engraver, H.P. Burnham, publisher, Boston, c. 1887, with twenty-five oval reserves depicting "Lessons for the Young and old on Industry, Temperance, Frugality &c. by Benjamin Franklin," in pictures and proverbs, centered with a portrait of Franklin, (minor toning and foxing, not examined out of frame),sight size 19 1/4 x 24 in., in a later molded wood frame.
Estimate $1,500-2,500

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