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Father Abraham's almanack, (on an entire new plan.) For the year of our Lord, 1759
... To which is added, an exact and nice representation of His Majesty the King of Prussia, done on a folio copper plate ... Likewise, an exact plan of Louisbourg, with a succinct account
40 unnumbered pages, 3 unnumbered leaves of plates (1 folded) : illustrations, map, portrait ; 17 cm. (octavo)
Advertised in the Pennsylvania gazette, Philadelphia, Nov. 16, 1758.
Parentheses substituted for square brackets in title transcription.
Two states noted. The first has a three-line imprint, the table of distances on page [38], and the list of courts on pages [36-37]. The second has a four-line imprint with the added words: "where also may be had, exceeding neat pocket almanacks, for the year 1759." The table of distances is on page [36] and the list of courts on pages [37-38].
Frontispiece signed H.D., probably Henry Dawkins. The portrait has legend: "Frederick the Third [i.e. Second] the great King of Prussia. J.M. ae. 14 sculp. 1758. Sold by J. Turner, in Arch Street Philadelphia."
Microform version available in the Readex Early American Imprints series.
Electronic text and image data. [Chester, Vt. : Readex, a division of Newsbank, Inc., 2002-2004. Includes files in TIFF, GIF and PDF formats with inclusion of keyword searchable text. (Early American imprints. First series ; no. 8280).
Electronic text and image data. [Chester, Vt. : Readex, a division of Newsbank, Inc., 2002-2004. Includes files in TIFF, GIF and PDF formats with inclusion of keyword searchable text. (Early American imprints. First series ; no. 41019).