America.- Franklin's Way to Wealth.- [Franklin (Benjamin)] La Science du Bonhomme Richard, ou Moyen Facile de payer les Impôts, first separate French translation, half-title with publisher's printed contents note verso, title with charming woodcut vignette, woodcut head- and tail-pieces, 4pp. publisher's advertisements at end, [this edition not in Goldsmiths', Kress or Einaudi; Faij 10; Echeverria, p. 54; cf. Sabin 25583 (1778 edition)], Philadelphia & Paris, House of Ruault, 1777 bound with [Guidi (l'Abbé)] Dialogue entre un Éveque et un Curé, sur les marriages des Protestans, title and woodcut ornament within woodcut border, woodcut head- and tail-pieces, no place or printer, 1775, together 2 works in 1 vol., occasional spotting, lightly browned, contemporary mottled calf, gilt, spine richly so and with later to style burgundy morocco label, spine ends neatly restored, joints repaired, rubbed and scuffed, large 12mo

⁂ Rare first separate French translation of Franklin's The Way to Wealth, [1757], whose adages promote a strong work ethic and frugality. The work enhanced his reputation in France. The second work is a dialogue favouring Protestant marriage and integration into society.