POOR RICHARD'S ALMANACK. Seven SIGNED Color Lithographs Based Upon Benjamin Franklin's Poor Richard's Almanac

Philadelphia: Raymond and Raymond, in association with Circle Gallery, 1973. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine in a Fine clamshell box. Norman Rockwell. Portfolio with loose sheets of handmade Velin d'Arches paper (approximately 19-1/2" x 25-1/2") laid in, as issued. Sheets include title page, limitation page, 7 print title pages, and 7 ORIGINAL LITHOGRAPHS by Norman Rockwell printed by Fernand Mourlot in Paris based on the illustrations done for the Limited Editions Club/Heritage Press POOR RICHARD'S ALMANACKS. Each lithograph is numbered 2 of 200 and SIGNED by the illustrator. The lithographs are titled "Benjamin Franklin's Philadelphia," "The Drunkard," (truncated) "Ben's Belles," "The Village Smithy," "Ye Olde Print Shoppe," "The Golden Age," and "The Royal Crown." Also laid in is a smaller printed sheet from the publisher describing the work. (Inventory #: 021278)