An almanack and prognostication for the year of our Lord 1678. : Being the second from the bissextile or leap-year, and from the creation of the world 5627. Wherein is contained the state of the year ... Being useful and delectable for all sorts of men, especially country men, and such as travel either day or night. The like not extant by any other. Calculated according to art, and referred to the longitude of 23 degress 50 minuits [as printed], latitude 53 deg. fitting exactly all the middle countas printed.
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| Item Description: | Title page and calendar in red and black. Signatures: A-B⁸ ²B⁸. "An appendix or prognostication to the preceeding almanack" has separate dated title page with "printed by A.M. and R.R." in imprint; register is continuous. Signature C is incorrectly signed "B2." 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) -- 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) -- Poor Robin, 1678 an almanack after a new fashion / William Winstanley. (London : Company of Stationers, 1678). Purchased for the Cushing Library/Laughlin Collection by The Cushing Library. |
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| Physical Description: | 48 unnumbered pages ; octavo. |