Pond. An almanack for the year of our Lord God 1666 : being the second after bis-sextile or leap-year, and from the worlds creation, 5669 complete : amplified with many good things both for pleasure and profit, and fitted for the meridian of Saffron-Walden in Essex, where the pole is elevated 52 degrees and 6 minutes above the horizon : whereunto is added the several fairs held in England each moneth this year.
1666
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Title
Pond. An almanack for the year of our Lord God 1666 : being the second after bis-sextile or leap-year, and from the worlds creation, 5669 complete : amplified with many good things both for pleasure and profit, and fitted for the meridian of Saffron-Walden in Essex, where the pole is elevated 52 degrees and 6 minutes above the horizon : whereunto is added the several fairs held in England each moneth this year.
Running title
Pond 1666
Created/published
Cambridge : Printed by John Field, printer to the Vniversity, 1666 [i.e. 1665]
Description
[48] p. : ill. ; 16 cm (8vo)
Associated name
Pond, Edward, -1629.
Field, John, -1668, printer.
Galer, Allan Maxcey, 1868-1938, former owner.
Cambridge University Press, bookseller, publisher.
Field, John, -1668, printer.
Galer, Allan Maxcey, 1868-1938, former owner.
Cambridge University Press, bookseller, publisher.
Note
A continuation of the almanac started by Edward Pond, -1629.
Almanacs were published the year preceding date of calculation.
Signatures: A-C⁸
Gatherings A-B printed in red and black.
"Pond MDCLXVI. The latter part of this almanack for the year of our Lord God 1666." has separate, dated title page.
Almanacs were published the year preceding date of calculation.
Signatures: A-C⁸
Gatherings A-B printed in red and black.
"Pond MDCLXVI. The latter part of this almanack for the year of our Lord God 1666." has separate, dated title page.
Cited/described in
English short title catalogue, R3588
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.), A2147
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.), A2147
Includes
Pond MDCLXVI. The latter part of this almanack for the year of our Lord God 1666.
Genre/form
Almanacs.
Ephemerides.
Sammelbands.
Ephemerides.
Sammelbands.
Place of creation/publication
Great Britain -- England -- Cambridge.
Item Details
Call number
269- 460q item 9
Folger-specific note
Bookplate: Allan Maxcey Galer, Dulwich, Inner Temple. Bound ninth in a sammelband of 11 almanacs for 1666. Pencilled number '9' 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
269460.9