Newes from the starres, or, An ephemeris, for the year of mans redemption by Jesus Christ, 1666 : being the second from bissextile, or leap-year, and from the creation of the world, 5615 : wherein you have the motions and eclipses of the sunne and moon, the two great lights of heaven : with the mutual aspects of the planets, and observations thereupon : together with astrological judgments, upon the eclipses, and ingress of the sun into the aequinoctial and solstitial points of heaven : as also some observations and predictions upon the comets seen in 1664. and in 1665. Wherein is discovered those various actions, and designs, which are intended by the heavens to be on foot in most parts of Europe, this present year 1666 : calculated for the meridian of London / by William Andrews student in astrology.
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Newes from the starres, or, An ephemeris, for the year of mans redemption by Jesus Christ, 1666 : being the second from bissextile, or leap-year, and from the creation of the world, 5615 : wherein you have the motions and eclipses of the sunne and moon, the two great lights of heaven : with the mutual aspects of the planets, and observations thereupon : together with astrological judgments, upon the eclipses, and ingress of the sun into the aequinoctial and solstitial points of heaven : as also some observations and predictions upon the comets seen in 1664. and in 1665. Wherein is discovered those various actions, and designs, which are intended by the heavens to be on foot in most parts of Europe, this present year 1666 : calculated for the meridian of London / by William Andrews student in astrology.
Created/published
London : Printed by Tho. Ratcliffe, for the Company of Stationers, 1666 [i.e. 1665]
Description
[48] p. ; 16 cm (8vo)
Associated name
Andrews, William, approximately 1635-1713, author.
Ratcliffe, Thomas, active 1628-1667, printer.
Galer, Allan Maxcey, 1868-1938, former owner.
Stationers' Company (London, England), publisher.
Ratcliffe, Thomas, active 1628-1667, printer.
Galer, Allan Maxcey, 1868-1938, former owner.
Stationers' Company (London, England), publisher.
Note
Caption title on C1r: Astrological judgments for the year 1666.
Dated at end: Septem. 23. 1665.
Later editions published with title: Remarkable news from the stars.
Signatures: A-C⁸.
Gatherings A-B printed in red and black.
Includes tide tables.
Dated at end: Septem. 23. 1665.
Later editions published with title: Remarkable news from the stars.
Signatures: A-C⁸.
Gatherings A-B printed in red and black.
Includes tide tables.
Cited/described in
English short title catalogue, R36728
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.), A1264
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.), A1264
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Astrological judgments for the year 1666.
Place of creation/publication
Great Britain -- England -- London.
Item Details
Call number
269- 460q item 7
Folger-specific note
Bookplate: Allan Maxcey Galer, Dulwich, Inner Temple. Bound seventh in a sammelband of 11 almanacs for 1666. Pencilled number '7' by Folger staff. In early leather (calf) inboard binding with gold stamps and red leather spine label "Cambridge almanack, 1666"; 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
269460.7