Bickerstaff's genuine Boston almanack, for the year of our redemption, 1786 : ... Fitted for the meridian of Boston, lat. 42' 25⁰ [as printed] n.
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
| Series: | Eighteenth century collections online.
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| Online Access: | Full text online |
| Item Description: | Evans, who saw no copy, gives title: Bickerstaff's Boston almanack, for the year of our redemption, 1786. A note by the author on page [4], signed with the pseudonym Isaac Bickerstaff, Esq., is dated at Providence, indicating that the almanac is the work of Benjamin West. It begins with a warning against purchasing "a counterfeit Bickerstaff's Boston almanack, for 1786, without plates." - The present almanac is a reissue by Russell, with augmented title, of his Bickerstaff's Boston almanack for 1786. The two issues are otherwise identical except that at the head of page [3] is added "(See plate page 5)" and at the foot of page [24] is appended an advertisement. Title vignette. Reproduction of original from the British Library. Electronic resource. |
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| Physical Description: | 24 unnumbered pages : illustrations ; 8⁰. |