(Franklin, Benjamin) Saunders, Richard, (pseudonym); Franklin, Benjamin; Grew, Theophilus. POOR RICHARD IMPROVED: BEING AN ALMANACK AND EPHEMERIS . . . FOR THE YEAR OF OUR LORD 1750. . . . FITTED TO THE LATITUDE OF FORTY DEGREES, AND A MERIDIAN OF NEAR FIVE HOURS WEST OF LONDON . . . Philadelphia: Printed and Sold by B. Franklin and D. Hall, [1749]. FIRST EDITION. 12mo - 7" x 4". Original printed self-wrappers, uncut, bound in later brown morocco covered boards, spine gilt in compartments, with two tiny spots to front wrapper and minor spotting to back wrapper for what is an exceptional copy of the almanac. [36] pp. A fine example of Franklin's Poor Richard, replete with an essay blaming the printer for typographical errors in the 1749 edition. The entry for April features a discussion on Smallpox and Smallpox inoculations, ". . . it now begins to be thought rash to hazard it in the common Way, by which one in seven is generally lost; and impious to reject a Method discovered to Mankind by God's good Providence, whereby 99 in 100 are saved." (I would suggest that this line of reasoning is as applicable today as it was back in 1750); illustrated with "The Anatomy of Man's Body as govern'd by the Twelve Constellations" woodcut, along with twelve calendrical woodcuts; internally with a few minor spots and a small marginal loss to one page which is now restored. The condition of the almanac is FINE. Only four copies located on OCLC/WorldCat. EXCEEDINGLY RARE #001101