An astronomical diary, or, An almanack for the year of our Lord Christ 1760. ... Calculated for the meridian of Boston, New-England latitude 42 degrees 25 minutes north. The year of the reign of King George the Second, begins the twenty-second day of June. By Nathaniel Ames.

People / Organizations

• Nathaniel Ames (Author)

Imprint

Boston: Printed [by D. and J. Kneeland] for and sold by the booksellers, [1759]

Publication year

1759-1759

ESTC No.

W22453

Grub Street ID

332281

Description

[24]p. : ill. ; 8⁰

Note

A pirated edition printed by D. & J. Kneeland. Cf. Nichols, C.L. "Notes on the almanacs of Massachusetts." Proceedings of the American Antiquarian Society, n.s. 22 (1912): 62; and the remarks on Daniel Kneeland in Thomas, Isaiah. History of printing in America. Evans, entry 8295, lists "IId edition. [A spurious edition] Boston: Printed by S. Kneeland in Queen-Street. [16] p." but locates no copy.

At foot of title page: "N.B. As some of the printers of the town of Boston seem determin'd to impose on the publick: --This is to inform, that to the great abuse of Dr. Ames, and the publick, they have printed almanacks for 1760, & affix'd the Doctor's name to the same, that differ in a scandalous manner .. and that great care has been taken to correct this edition from the errors they have made in said almanacs .." Ames' reply is found in an advertisement in the Boston gazette for Dec. 17, 1759. A satirical response to Ames' advertisement appeared in the Boston evening-post for Dec. 24.

The title vignette is an inferior imitation of that found in the genuine edition printed by J. Draper.

Uncontrolled note

Signatures: [A]? B-C?. - NOTES FROM AAS IMPRINT CAT. RECORD HAVE BEEN SHORTENED FOR REASONS OF SPACE