Calendarium Carolinum, or, A new almanack, after the old fashion, for the year of Christ 1666 : being the 2. from bissextile : to which is added, Gesta Britannorum, or A brief chronology from the year 1600. till the present 1666 / by George Wharton.
Wharton, George, Sir, 1617-1681, author.; Grismond, John, printer.; Loggan, David, 1635-1700?, printmaker.; Whorwood, William, approximately 1620-1684, former owner.; Rylands, W. Harry (William Harry), 1847-1922, former owner.; Pigot, Cuthbert Becher, 1869-1953, former owner.; Galer, Allan Maxcey, 1868-1938, former owner.
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Title
Calendarium Carolinum, or, A new almanack, after the old fashion, for the year of Christ 1666 : being the 2. from bissextile : to which is added, Gesta Britannorum, or A brief chronology from the year 1600. till the present 1666 / by George Wharton.
Created/published
London : Printed by J. Grismond, 1666 [i.e. 1665]
Description
[36], 44 p. : ill., port. ; 16 cm (8vo)
Associated name
Wharton, George, Sir, 1617-1681, author.
Grismond, John, printer.
Loggan, David, 1635-1700?, printmaker.
V.a.509 Whorwood, William, approximately 1620-1684, former owner.
V.a.509 Rylands, W. Harry (William Harry), 1847-1922, former owner.
V.a.509 Pigot, Cuthbert Becher, 1869-1953, former owner.
269- 460q Galer, Allan Maxcey, 1868-1938, former owner.
Grismond, John, printer.
Loggan, David, 1635-1700?, printmaker.
V.a.509 Whorwood, William, approximately 1620-1684, former owner.
V.a.509 Rylands, W. Harry (William Harry), 1847-1922, former owner.
V.a.509 Pigot, Cuthbert Becher, 1869-1953, former owner.
269- 460q Galer, Allan Maxcey, 1868-1938, former owner.
Note
Almanacs were published the year preceding the date of calculation.
Signatures: A-E⁸; A3 missigned 'A2'.
Gatherings A-B printed in red and black.
Engraved frontispiece is portrait of George Wharton; caption: AEtatis suae 46; lettered: D. Loggan ad Viuum sculp.
"Gesta Britannorum" (caption title) begins pagination on C3r.
Signatures: A-E⁸; A3 missigned 'A2'.
Gatherings A-B printed in red and black.
Engraved frontispiece is portrait of George Wharton; caption: AEtatis suae 46; lettered: D. Loggan ad Viuum sculp.
"Gesta Britannorum" (caption title) begins pagination on C3r.
Cited/described in
English short title catalogue, R15945
Wing, D.G. Short-title catalogue of books printed in England, Scotland, Ireland, Wales, and British America, and of English books printed in other countries, 1641-1700 (2nd ed.), A2657
Lowndes, W.T. Bibliographer's manual of English literature (1871 edition), volume IV, p. 2883-2884
Wing, D.G. Short-title catalogue of books printed in England, Scotland, Ireland, Wales, and British America, and of English books printed in other countries, 1641-1700 (2nd ed.), A2657
Lowndes, W.T. Bibliographer's manual of English literature (1871 edition), volume IV, p. 2883-2884
Includes
Gesta Britannorum, or, A brief chronology from the year 1600 till the present 1666.
Place of creation/publication
Great Britain -- England -- London.
Item Details
Call number
269- 460q item 1
Folger-specific note
Bookplate: Allan Maxcey Galer, Dulwich, Inner Temple. Bound first in a sammelband of 11 almanacs for 1666. Numbered '1' in manuscript by Folger staff. In early leather (calf) inboard binding with gold stamps and red leather spine label "Cambridge almanacs"; rebacked with remnants of earlier spine; red-speckled edges. Acquired from W.S. Cotter Rare Books, 2015-12-22). Purchase made possible by The Charles W. Engelhard Acquisitions Fund.
Folger accession
269460.1
Call number
V.a.509 (printed content)
Folger-specific note
Imperfect: wanting leaf A7. Interleaved with manuscript accounts of William Whorwood, cataloged separately as V.a.509 (ms. content). Manuscript foliation throughout; printed text begins on leaf 17. Armorial bookplate (motto: Cum spiro spero): W. Harry Rylands. Manuscript on front free endpaper: C. Becher Pigot, Feb 18. 1924. Printed catalog description affixed to front free endpaper. Vellum case binding; leather and metal clasps; manuscript on upper board: Wharton 1660; manuscript on spine: 560. Acquired from Sotheby's 1988-08-15.
Folger accession
MS ADD 938