Goldsmith, 1688. An almanack for the year of our Lord God, 1688 : being leap-year : wherein are contained many necessary rules and useful tables : with a description of the high-ways, marts and fairs in England and Wales, the like not extant in any other / calculated by John Goldsmith ; to which is added divers tables and other useful things which have not been in former edit.
1688
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Title
Goldsmith, 1688. An almanack for the year of our Lord God, 1688 : being leap-year : wherein are contained many necessary rules and useful tables : with a description of the high-ways, marts and fairs in England and Wales, the like not extant in any other / calculated by John Goldsmith ; to which is added divers tables and other useful things which have not been in former edit.
Uniform title
Goldsmith 1688
Created/published
London : Printed by Mary Clark for the Company of Stationers, 1688 [i.e. 1687]
Description
[48] p. : ill. ; 11 cm (long 24mo)
Associated name
Goldsmith, John, active 17th century, author.
Clark, Mary, active 1677-1696, printer.
Amhurst (Family : 1736-1750), former owner.
Stationers' Company (London, England), publisher.
Clark, Mary, active 1677-1696, printer.
Amhurst (Family : 1736-1750), former owner.
Stationers' Company (London, England), publisher.
Note
Almanacs were published the year preceding date of calculation.
Signatures: A-B¹².
Gathering A printed in red and black.
B12 recto bears advertisement for Bateman's Spirit of Scurvy Grass.
Signatures: A-B¹².
Gathering A printed in red and black.
B12 recto bears advertisement for Bateman's Spirit of Scurvy Grass.
Cited/described in
English short title catalogue, R172437
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.), 1796A
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.), 1796A
Place of creation/publication
Great Britain -- England -- London, -- publication place.
Item Details
Call number
269- 448q
Folger-specific note
Trimmed closely at head with slight loss of print on some pages. Manuscript genealogical records of members of the Amhurst family, 1736-1750 at front. In contemporary laced-case wallet binding of reinforced vellum with clasps; blank leaves at front and back, first gathering interleaved. Acquired from Quaritch, 2016-01-13. Purchase made possible by The Elizabeth L. Eisenstein Acquisitions Fund.
Folger accession
269448