AN ASTRONOMICAL DIARY, OR ALMANACK, FOR THE YEAR OF OUR LORD CHRIST, 1786.By Isaac Bickerstaff
[Strong, Nehemiah]
Published by Printed by Nathaniel Patten, Hartford, 1785
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[24]pp. Small octavo. Disbound with residue of prior binding. Large, faint dampstain to first leaf. Interior slightly foxed with occasional small stains. Crude repairs to long tears at center and bottom of [B1], small hole and connected tear in blank margin of C1. Overall good. One of a number of Bickerstaff almanacs printed in the Northeast for 1786 - many of them attributed to different printers. While Evans attributes this particular work to Benjamin West of Providence, most sources now credit it to Nehemiah Strong of Connecticut, as it is nearly identical to his other almanacs of the same year. Drake also notes an eighteen leaf edition held at the New York Public Library which is otherwise unrecorded. This is a particularly jocular almanac, with humorous anecdotes scattered throughout and especially entertaining verses preceding the monthly calendars. In his introduction, the author states that, as thanks for the favorable reception of his prior work, he has "had a very special regard, not only to the accuracy of [his] Astronomical calculations, but also to the subject-matter of entertainment". For example, in one anecdote the author takes issue with a certain month's popularity: "May is said to be the most pleasant in all the year, but it is not the most pleasant for everything.May affords no oysters, and yet I do not believe the oysters go into the moon in summer, as some authors report of the swallows; for they cannot go there by sea, and they are too clumsy to fly." This year's almanac also includes a list of vacation times for both Yale and Harvard. EVANS 19369. DRAKE 378. ESTC W35411. Seller Inventory # WRCAM56997
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Title: AN ASTRONOMICAL DIARY, OR ALMANACK, FOR THE ...
Publisher: Printed by Nathaniel Patten, Hartford
Publication Date: 1785
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AN ASTRONOMICAL DIARY, OR ALMANACK, FOR THE YEAR OF OUR LORD CHRIST, 1786.By Isaac Bickerstaff.
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Hartford: Printed by Nathaniel Patten, [1785]., 1785
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Seller: William Reese Company - Americana, New Haven, CT, U.S.A.
Seller rating 4 out of 5 stars
One of a number of Bickerstaff almanacs printed in the Northeast for 1786 - many of them attributed to different printers. While Evans attributes this particular work to Benjamin West of Providence, most sources now credit it to Nehemiah Strong of Connecticut, as it is nearly identical to his other almanacs of the same year. Drake also notes an eighteen leaf edition held at the New York Public Library which is otherwise unrecorded. This is a particularly jocular almanac, with humorous anecdotes scattered throughout and especially entertaining verses preceding the monthly calendars. In his introduction, the author states that, as thanks for the favorable reception of his prior work, he has "had a very special regard, not only to the accuracy of [his] Astronomical calculations, but also to the subject-matter of entertainment". For example, in one anecdote the author takes issue with a certain month's popularity: "May is said to be the most pleasant in all the year, but it is not the most pleasant for everything.May affords no oysters, and yet I do not believe the oysters go into the moon in summer, as some authors report of the swallows; for they cannot go there by sea, and they are too clumsy to fly." This year's almanac also includes a list of vacation times for both Yale and Harvard. EVANS 19369. DRAKE 378. ESTC W35411. [24]pp. Small octavo. Disbound with residue of prior binding. Large, faint dampstain to first leaf. Interior slightly foxed with occasional small stains. Crude repairs to long tears at center and bottom of [B1], small hole and connected tear in blank margin of C1. Overall good. Seller Inventory # 56997
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