Riders (1708) British Merlin : adorn'd with many delightful varieties and useful verities, fitting the longitude and latitude of all capacities within the islands of Great-Britain and Ireland : and chronological observations of principal note to this year 1708, being bissextile or leap-year : with notes of husbandry and physick, fairs and marts : also directions and tables to all necessary uses / made and compiled for his country's benefit by Cardanus Riders.
1708
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Title
Riders (1708) British Merlin : adorn'd with many delightful varieties and useful verities, fitting the longitude and latitude of all capacities within the islands of Great-Britain and Ireland : and chronological observations of principal note to this year 1708, being bissextile or leap-year : with notes of husbandry and physick, fairs and marts : also directions and tables to all necessary uses / made and compiled for his country's benefit by Cardanus Riders.
Created/published
London : Printed by M. Jones, for the Company of Stationers, 1708.
Description
[48] p. : ill. ; 13 cm (12mo)
Associated name
Rider, Cardanus, author.
Jones, M., active 1705-1708, printer.
Stationers' Company (London, England), publisher.
Jones, M., active 1705-1708, printer.
Stationers' Company (London, England), publisher.
Note
Signatures: A⁶ B¹² C⁶.
Gatherings A and B printed in red and black.
With an advertisement for "artificial teeth" on page [48].
Gatherings A and B printed in red and black.
With an advertisement for "artificial teeth" on page [48].
Cited/described in
English short title catalogue (ESTC), T44962
Place of creation/publication
Great Britain -- England -- London.
Item Details
Call number
267- 926q
Folger-specific note
Bound in contemporary black, gold-tooled leather (goatskin?), with silver clasps and an original silver stylus, used for penning notes on the writing tables (vellum leaves) bound in at the front of the volume and securing the book shut; printed floral endpapers. Interleaved with a few pencil notations. Acquired from Samuel Gedge Ltd., 2013-05-13.
Folger accession
267926