Description: A rare and early Almanac entitled:"Goldsmith. An Almanack for the Year of Our Lord God M.DCC.XCVII . Being the First after bissextile or LEAP-YEAR , Wherein are contained NECESSARY RULES and USEFUL TABLES, With a new CHRONOLOGY of remarkable Events; also, The proper Days and Hours for transferring Stocks and receiving Dividends; and a List of Holidays kept at the publick Offices, &c. Calculated by JOHN GOLDSMITH" Published under the name of John Goldsmith who started selling almanacs in 1660 but was obviously no longer around to make any calculations! Printed for the Company of Stationers and sold by Robert Horsfield in Ludgate Street, London, price 9d. stich'd 48 pages . Initial pages provide monthly calendars with notes of weather, sunrise and sunset plus important days of celebration; then a list of bishops and archbishops followed by names of the Royal Family (King George III), Stocks and holidays, interest tables, purchase of leases, remarkable events and British Authors Size approximately 4 x 2.5 inches. Contemporary red morocco covers with ornate gilt tooling. Matching slip-case Fine interior condition with a few pencil notes on blank pages. Tight binding but some leather loss to spine - see scan. Interesting original tax stamp on first page. show
Price: 125 USD
Location: Los Angeles, California
End Time: 2024-09-26T14:20:56.000Z
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