A Collection of Seven Almanacks for 1782
Various
London: Printed for the Company of Stationers. 1782.
Seven almanacks for 1782 bound in one volume. 8vo. 165x90mm. Each alamanack has 48 pages. They are as follows:
1. The Celestial Atlas, or a new ephemeris by Robert White (ESTC T59986). 2. Vox Stellarum or a Loyal Almanack by Francis Moore (ESTC T16924). 3. Merlinus Liberatus by John Partridge (ESTC T17078). 4. The Gentleman's Diary or the Mathematical Repository (ESTC T57503). 5. The Ladies' Diary or Woman's Almanack (ESTC T58286). 6. Speculum Anni or Season on the Seasons by Henry Season (ESTC N49012). 7. Old Poor Robin. An Almanack by Poor Robin, Knight of the Burnt-Islands (ESTC T17664). All are rare, ESTC recording less than nine of each save for The Ladies' Diary of which sixteen are noted. Beautifully bound in contemporary red morocco with arabesques and floral and foliate motifs in gilt to upper and lower covers, framed by a gilt border in a Greek key design. Rebacked with original spine laid down, compartments decorated with flower and leaf motifs, second compartment lettered in gilt. All edges gilt, marbled endpapers. Ownership inscription of "Thomas Hill 1841". Front free endpaper a little loose but otherwise internally in very good condition.
The idea of binding together a set of almanacs from the same year is a good one. Although they all contain the standard information one expects from an almanac - calendars, astrological and astronomical observations, they each have their own particular interests. Some contain mathematical problems and quizzes, some provide a list of Bishops and Judges while others offer religious reflections and historical notes. Last of all is Old Poor Robin who offers his readers "A Variety of Subjects...Part in Prose, Part in Verse, Part in Narrative, Part Contemplative, Part Serious. Part Comic for the Entertainment and Improvement of the human Mind and adapted to the meanest Capacity". A fascinating little book in an attractive binding.
Seven almanacks for 1782 bound in one volume. 8vo. 165x90mm. Each alamanack has 48 pages. They are as follows:
1. The Celestial Atlas, or a new ephemeris by Robert White (ESTC T59986). 2. Vox Stellarum or a Loyal Almanack by Francis Moore (ESTC T16924). 3. Merlinus Liberatus by John Partridge (ESTC T17078). 4. The Gentleman's Diary or the Mathematical Repository (ESTC T57503). 5. The Ladies' Diary or Woman's Almanack (ESTC T58286). 6. Speculum Anni or Season on the Seasons by Henry Season (ESTC N49012). 7. Old Poor Robin. An Almanack by Poor Robin, Knight of the Burnt-Islands (ESTC T17664). All are rare, ESTC recording less than nine of each save for The Ladies' Diary of which sixteen are noted. Beautifully bound in contemporary red morocco with arabesques and floral and foliate motifs in gilt to upper and lower covers, framed by a gilt border in a Greek key design. Rebacked with original spine laid down, compartments decorated with flower and leaf motifs, second compartment lettered in gilt. All edges gilt, marbled endpapers. Ownership inscription of "Thomas Hill 1841". Front free endpaper a little loose but otherwise internally in very good condition.
The idea of binding together a set of almanacs from the same year is a good one. Although they all contain the standard information one expects from an almanac - calendars, astrological and astronomical observations, they each have their own particular interests. Some contain mathematical problems and quizzes, some provide a list of Bishops and Judges while others offer religious reflections and historical notes. Last of all is Old Poor Robin who offers his readers "A Variety of Subjects...Part in Prose, Part in Verse, Part in Narrative, Part Contemplative, Part Serious. Part Comic for the Entertainment and Improvement of the human Mind and adapted to the meanest Capacity". A fascinating little book in an attractive binding.