Riders (1686) British Merlin : bedeckt with many delightful varieties and useful verities, fitting the longitude and latitude of all capacities within the islands of Great Britains monarchy : and chronological observations of principal notes to this year 1686 : being the second after bissextile or leap-year with notes of husbandry, physick, fairs & marts : directions and tables to all necessary uses / made and compiled for the benefit of his country, by Cardanus Riders.
1686
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Title
Riders (1686) British Merlin : bedeckt with many delightful varieties and useful verities, fitting the longitude and latitude of all capacities within the islands of Great Britains monarchy : and chronological observations of principal notes to this year 1686 : being the second after bissextile or leap-year with notes of husbandry, physick, fairs & marts : directions and tables to all necessary uses / made and compiled for the benefit of his country, by Cardanus Riders.
Uniform title
Riders British Merlin (1686)
Created/published
London : Printed by Tho. Newcomb, for the Company of Stationers, 1686 [i.e. 1685]
Description
[48] p. : 1 ill. ; 14 cm (12mo)
Associated name
Rider, Cardanus, author.
Newcomb, Thomas, -1691, printer.
Newcomb, Thomas, -1691, former owner.
Godolphin, Sidney Godolphin, Earl of, 1645-1712, former owner.
Ormsby Gore (Family, Barons of Harlech, Wales), former owner.
Stationers' Company (London, England), publisher.
Newcomb, Thomas, -1691, printer.
Newcomb, Thomas, -1691, former owner.
Godolphin, Sidney Godolphin, Earl of, 1645-1712, former owner.
Ormsby Gore (Family, Barons of Harlech, Wales), former owner.
Stationers' Company (London, England), publisher.
Note
Almanacs were published the year preceding date of calculation.
Signatures: A⁶ B¹² C⁶.
Text in red and black throughout.
Signatures: A⁶ B¹² C⁶.
Text in red and black throughout.
Cited/described in
English short title catalogue, R33088
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.), A2258
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.), A2258
Genre/form
Almanacs.
Ephemerides.
Interleaved books.
Ephemerides.
Interleaved books.
Place of creation/publication
Great Britain -- England -- London, -- publication place.
Item Details
Call number
270- 071q
Folger-specific note
In manuscript on front free endpaper: "A p[re]sent from [the] Kings Printers [i.e. Thomas Newcomb] to S. Godolphin" [possibly Sidney Godolphin, first Earl of Godolphin]. In contemporary inboard red leather (goatskin) binding; gold-tooling; marbled endpapers; edges gilt; three clasps, straps missing. Gathering B interleaved; blank leaves at front and back, those with manuscript writing cut away. Acquired from Bonhams (sale 24150, of Lord Harlech's property: lot 270), 2017-03-30.
Folger accession
270071