Almanacks (6 Ergebnisse)

12mo, 32 pp. In original pink printed wraps. Unbound and stitched. Text clear and entire. Tight, but grubby and dogeared, and with closed tear and creasing at head of recto of front wrap. Densely printed in a variety of point sizes, with frontispiece and twelve wood-cuts (one for each month). Contains advertisements, 'Borough Regulations', a 'Gardener's Calendar', 'Table of the Sun's rising and setting' and other matter. Neat ownership signature of 'Mrs. Paterson' at head of recto of front wrap, and twelve others of her signatures at the head of each month. Frontispiece captioned 'View of Bolton, America, The Birth-place of Dr. Benj. Franklin.' Two copies listed on COPAC. …

Seven works in one volume, 12mo: The Gentleman's Diary pp. 48; The Ladies' Diary pp. 48; Vox Stellarum pp. 48; Merlinus Liberatus pp. 48; Old Poor Robin pp. 48; Speculum Anni pp. 48; ?t?a? ???a???? pp. 48; printed in red and black; bound together in contemporary red morocco, gilt roll-tool border, spines gilt with a phoenix device, front board detached, covers soiled; vellum sectional tabs with manuscript captions.A standard collection of seven almanacks printed for the Company of Stationers. The Company issued a standard annual finely bound collection of almanacks, always commencing with The Gentleman's Diary, from the 1740s on. By 1801 the Company's 'English Stock' list comprised twenty-five titles, including psalters and primers as well as almanack. The Gentleman's and Ladies' Diary both included enigmas and sets of mathematical questions (along with the answers to last year's questions); Vox Stellarum and Merlinus Liberatus concentrated on astrology and astronomy; Old Poor Robin, crude and satirical, provided amusing verse and prose extracts; Speculum Anni included historical and geographical observations; and the Atlas Coelestis comprised tables.See Swetz, The Impact and Legacy of 'The Ladies' Diary' (17401840): a Woman's Declaration (2000). Language: English. …

Seven works in one vol., 12mo, The Gentleman's Diary: pp.48, The Ladies' Diary: pp.48, Vox stellarum: pp.48, Merlinus liberatus: pp.48, Old Poor Robin: pp.48, Speculum anni: pp.48, ?t?a? ????????: pp.48; printed in red and black; bound together in contemporary red straight-grained morocco, gilt roll-tool border, spine gilt with a phoenix device, edges gilt, vellum tabs with printed titles before each work; a little rubbed and scuffed, spine worn at head; orange bookseller's label (oxidised to grey) of Byfield & Son, Charing Cross, to front pastedown.A collection of seven almanacks for 1818 printed for the Stationers' Company. The Company's 'English Stock' list comprised twenty-five titles by 1801, and they issued a standard annual collection of almanacks, finely bound, always commencing with The Gentleman's Diary from the 1740s on. The Gentleman's and Ladies' Diary both include enigmas and sets of mathematical questions (along with the answers to last year's questions); Vox stellarum and Merlinus liberatus concentrate on astrology and astronomy; Old Poor Robin, crude and satirical, provides amusing verse and prose extracts; Speculum anni includes historical and geographical observations; and the ?t?a? ???????? comprises tables.See Swetz, The Impact and Legacy of 'The Ladies' Diary' (17401840): a Woman's Declaration (2000). Language: English.…

Hardcover. Zustand: Fine. Deluxe Limited Edition. Quarto, xi, [3], 300pp. [2]. Illustrated boards, suede leather spine, embossed decorations on covers, title in gilt on spine. Housed in the publisher's slipcase, touch of shelf wear, a fine example. Complete with six color plates, including two double-page plates, by Norman Rockwell. This copy is from a limited edition of 1500, signed by Norman Rockwell. This is number 85. A beautiful example. (LEC, 362). Introduction by Van Wyck Brooks. Poor Richard: The Almanacks for the Years 1733-1758, from the Limited Editions Club. Signed on the limitation page by Norman Rockwell. (illustrator). Signed.…

14 Almanacks all for 1724, all published in London. 8vo. Modern contemporary style quarter calf, marbled boards, new endpapers. Slightly tight binding.

Almanacks, Kalendars, Registers and Directories, issued annually and mainly published in London, together with others published in Scotland and Ireland, 179 in total; 100 were published before 1801. Generally sound in contemp. sheep with some wear, but some simply rebound or rebacked. For such ephemeral reference works, the overall condition is good, though a few are poor. Rider's British Merlin is bound into many of the volumes. 'Cardanus Rider' was pseudonym of Richard Saunders, 1613- 1675?, who issued his first almanack in 1656; this annual publication includes a calendar, notes on weather, astronomy, astrology with a list of fairs. The earliest here is 1736 and the latest 1836. There are many issues of the Court Kalendar, the Court and City Register and the Royal Kalendar providing information on the Great & Good, MPs, Lords and Ladies. From 1776 there are Scottish Almanacks: The Edinburgh, The Town & Country & Universal Scots Almanacks, as well as The General Almanack of Scotland & British Register. The final volume in the collection includes Oliver & Boyd's New Edinburgh Almanac. The earliest Dublin publications are from 1798; the Treble Almanack incorporating John Watson Stewart's Almanack, Exshaw's English Court Register and Wilson's Dublin Directory (with map of Dublin). An 1841 volume includes Watson's, or The Gentleman's and Citizen's Almanack together with the Dublin Post Office Directory. More unusual 'calendars' include The British Imperial Calendar, 1811, 1813, 1816, 1818, The Bengal Calendar 1789, Boyle's Court and Country Guide (a street directory) of 1815 & the Literary and Scientific Register, 1854. The British Almanac of 1837 is from Leeds Castle, interleaved, with extensive manuscript notes. A number of volumes have Baggrave Library labels and others are from the Faculty of Procurators, Glasgow. It is noticeable that Rider's British Merlin was the almanack of choice to be incorporated with the more substantial Registers and Kalendars. Towards the end of the 18thC, the Royal Kalendar advertises itself at 2s. 6d and with an almanack, 3s. 6d. By 1810, the prices have risen to 4s 6d & 6s. 0d. This is a collection put together over a long period of time, from different sources, providing a full picture of the development of these essential reference works over a 130-year period. Please ask for a full listing.…