Poor Robin, 1678 : an almanack after a new fashion : wherein the reader may see (if he be not blind) many remarkable things worthy of his choicest observation : being the second after bissextile or leap-year : containing a two-fold Kalendar : viz. the Julian or English : and the Round-heads, Fanaticks, or Maggot-headed people, with their several saint-days : and observations upon every month /
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| Item Description: | "Poor Robin" identified as William Winstanley by Bernard Capp in his English almanacs, 1500-1800. Ithaca, N.Y. : Cornell University Press, 1979, pages 39-40, 321 (under "N., H."); cf. also Wing (2nd edition, 1994), volume 4, page 100. Title page in black and red within type ornament border; roman and italic type. Preceding calendar are a table of the kings and queens of England, table of interest "at 6 pounds", and chronologies of memorable and "other" things. Calendar in black and red, listing Dominical Letters, saints' days, weather predictions, and parts of the body affected by the position of the planets on each day. Last [16] pages, with title "A prognostication for the year of our Lord God 1678," contain description of the four quarters of the year, description of the twelve houses and the human qualities and activities they affect, notes on eclipses, the nature of the planets, and a woodcut diagram of the twelve astrological houses. Personal advertisement on last p. from the author, seeking a backer with a hundred pounds to lend him. Signatures: A-C⁸ [$4 signed ( -A₁, A₄, C₁; A₃ missigned A)]. The Cushing Library/Laughlin Collection copy is bound in gilt-paneled red morocco, with the crowned monogram of Charles II in each corner and horizontal vellum divider strips between each almanac. It was bound in the workshop of Samuel Mearne -- bookseller's description. The Cushing Library/Laughlin Collection copy is a Sammelband (bound with) of 23 almanacs. The other titles are: An episcopal almanack / W.W. (London : J. Macock, 1678) -- An almanack and prognostication for the year of our Lord 1678 / John Lord. (London : J.D., 1678) -- White, 1678 a new almanack for the year of our Lord God 1678 / Thomas White (London : Robert White, 1678) -- Angelus Brittanicus an ephemeris for the year of our redemption, 1678 / John Tanner. (London : E. Horton, 1678) -- Astral gazette or, an almanack for the year of our Lord God's incarnation 1678 / John Peter. (London : T.N., 1678) -- Alm[a]n[a]ch Calendarium Judaicum or, an almanack for the year of our Blessed Saviours incarnation, 1678 / John Partridg (London : J[ohn]. D[arby]., 1678) -- Bowker, 1678 an almanack for the year of our Lord God, 1678 / James Bowker (London : W.L. and T.J., 1678) -- Dade, 1678 a new almanack with the forraign account / William Dade (London : A.P. and T.H., 1678) -- Dove speculum anni or an almanack for the year of our Lord God 1678 / Jonathan Dove. (Cambridge : John Hayes, 1678) -- Calendarium pastoris or, the shepherds almanack / John Bucknall. (London : J[ames]. C[ottrell]., 1678) -- Nucius coelestis, or, Urania's messenger / Henry Coley. (London : J. Grover, 1678) -- Speculum perspicuum Uranicum, or, an almanack for the year of Christ 1678. / Lancelot Coelson. (London : J. Grover, 1678) -- Fly 1678 an almanack for the year of our Lord God, 1678 / Fly. (London : S. and B.G., 1678) -- Rose, 1678 a new almanack for the year / George Rose. (London : Tho. Hodgkin, 1678) -- Kalendarium astrologicum, or, an almanack for the year of our Lord God 1678 / Thomas Trigge. (London : Company of Stationers, 1678) -- Perkins a new almanack and prognostication for the year of our Lord God, 1678 / F. Perkins. (London : Robert White, 1678) -- Swan a new almanack for the year of our Lord God 1678 / John Swan. (Cambridge : John Hayes, 1678) -- 1678. Apollo Anglicanus, the English Apollo / Richard Saunders. (London : Andrew Clark, 1678) -- News from the stars, or, an ephemeris for the year 1678 / William Andrews. (London : J. Grover, 1678) -- Woodhouse 1678. A new almanack for the year of our Lord 1678 / John Woodhouse. (London : J.C., 1678) -- Pond an almanack for the year of our Lord God 1678 / Edward Pond. (Cambridge : John Hayes, 1678) -- Swallow, or, a new almanack for the year of our Lord God 1678 / John Swallow. (Cambridge : John Hayes, 1678). Purchased for the Cushing Library/Laughlin Collection by The Cushing Library. |
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| Physical Description: | 48 unnumbered pages : illustrations ; 15 cm. (octavo) |