Riders (1694) 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 note to this year 1694 : being the 2d after bissextile or leap-year : with notes of husbandry, physick, fairs & marts, and directions and tables to all necessary uses / made & compiled for the benefit of his country by Cardanus Riders.
1694
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Riders (1694) 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 note to this year 1694 : being the 2d after bissextile or leap-year : with notes of husbandry, physick, fairs & marts, and directions and tables to all necessary uses / made & compiled for the benefit of his country by Cardanus Riders.
Created/published
London : Printed by Edw. Jones for the Company of Stationers, 1694 [i.e. 1693]
Description
[48] p. : ill. ; 14 cm (12mo)
Associated name
Rider, Cardanus, author.
Jones, Edward, -1706, printer.
Stationers' Company (London, England), publisher.
Jones, Edward, -1706, printer.
Stationers' Company (London, England), publisher.
Note
Almanacs were published the year preceding date of calculation.
Signatures: A⁶ B¹² C⁶.
Gatherings A-B printed in red and black.
Signatures: A⁶ B¹² C⁶.
Gatherings A-B printed in red and black.
Cited/described in
English short title catalogue, R38428
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.), A2262
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.), A2262
Genre/form
Almanacs.
Ephemerides.
Dates (Provenance)
Clasps (Binding)
Manuscripts (documents)
Genealogical notes.
Interleaved books.
Ephemerides.
Dates (Provenance)
Clasps (Binding)
Manuscripts (documents)
Genealogical notes.
Interleaved books.
Place of creation/publication
Great Britain -- England -- London, -- publication place.
Item Details
Call number
270- 157q
Folger-specific note
Lower outer corner of gathering A frayed and wormed with slight loss. Gathering B interleaved. Approximately 20 pages of manuscript notes, mostly late 17th-early 18th century. Includes births and deaths of Manings, Sheldon, and Brookes families; lists of accounts; and a remedy for a scald. In early leather (sheep) inboard binding with gold tooling; remains of clasps. Acquired from Dean Byass (Armory Athenaeum, March 8-11 2018. Part I: 7557), 2018-02-22. Adopted by Lizabeth Staursky Hurst, Acquisitions Night 2019.
Folger accession
270157