Bannaker's Virginia, Pennsylvania, Delaware, Maryland and Kentucky almanack and ephemeris, for the year of our Lord 1797 ...

People / Organizations

• Benjamin Banneker (Author)

Imprint

Richmond: Printed by Samuel Pleasants, Jun. near the vendue office. (By privilege.), [1796]

Publication year

1796-1796

ESTC No.

W25541

Grub Street ID

335529

Description

[48]p. : ill. ; 12⁰

Note

Pages [2-19], the first two paragraphs of p. [20], the last third of p. [22-30], and p. [33-36] are identical in content and typography with the corresponding portions of Bannaker's Virginia and North Carolina almanack and ephemeris, for 1797 (Petersburg: William Prentis and William Y. Murray). The title pages are similarly identical except for the differences in title and imprint.

Parentheses substituted for square brackets in imprint transcription.

The Anatomy is the only illustration.

"Epitaph on a watch-maker"--p. [27].

Uncontrolled note

Signatures: [A]?? [B]?. Gathering A has vertical chain lines; gathering B horizontal