An astronomical diary, or An almanack for the year of our Lord Christ, 1761. ... Calculated for the meridian of Boston in New-England, lat. 42 degrees 25 min. north. By Nathaniel Ames. [Eight lines of verse]

People / Organizations

• Nathaniel Ames (Author)

Imprint

Boston: Printed by D. and J. Kneeland, for D. Henchman, J. Phillips, J. Edwards, & T. Leverett, in Cornhill; M. Dennis, near Scarlet's Wharfe; J. Winter, in Union-Street; S. Webb, in Ann-Street, J. Perkins, near the mill-bridge, and W. McAlpine, in Marlborough-Street, 1761 [i.e., 1760] Price two shillings and 2d. per dozen, and 5 coppers single.

Publication year

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ESTC No.

W22462

Grub Street ID

332290

Description

[24]p. ; 8⁰

Note

At head of title: Ames 1761.

The title page includes the phrase "In the 34th year of the reign of King George II." George II died Oct. 25, 1760; hence the imprint date is almost certainly incorrect. Two successive issues of Draper's edition were printed, with the title-page phrase altered in the second t conform with the royal succession. The present almanac seems to be a pirated edition of the first Draper issue, brought out immediately after it.

The title vignette is a crude imitation of that in the edition printed by J. Draper.

Uncontrolled note

Signatures: [A]? B-C?