An astronomical diary; or Almanack for the year of Christian era, 1812... : Calculated for the meridian of Boston, Massachusetts, being in lat. 42d. 23m. N. But may serve, without essential variation, for any of the New-England states. .. / By Nathanael Low. ; [6 lines of verse].

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Low, Nathanael, 1792-1883.

Series:

Early American imprints. Second series ; no. 22212.

Language:

English

Genre:

Almanacs -- Massachusetts -- 1812.

Booksellers' advertisements -- Massachusetts -- Boston.

Physical Description:

36 unnumbered pages ; 19 cm

Place of Publication:

Boston: : Published and sold, wholesale and retail, by Munroe & Francis, No. 4, Cornhill. Sold also by all the booksellers in the New-England states. Price 5 dollars a groce; 50 cents a dozen; 8 cents single., [1811]

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Notes:

At head of title: Low.

The issues for 1813 and 1814 are entitled Low's genuine almanack.

Advertised in the Independent chronicle, Boston, Sept. 30, 1811.

Title vignette (zodiac) with legend.

Two states noted. In state 1, the calendar page for July has six lines of verse at the head and a two-line list of events across the foot. Page [28] (verso of E2) begins with "Copernican or solar system," followed by "Schools and libraries" which concludes on p. [29] and consists of four paragraphs. In state 2 the July page is headed by eight lines of verse, and page [28] begins with "Schools and libraries," consisting of five paragraphs.

Last page includes a bookseller's advertisement by the publisher.

Electronic text and image data. [Chester, Vt. : Readex, a division of Newsbank, Inc., 2004-2007] Includes files in TIFF, GIF and PDF formats with inclusion of keyword searchable text. (Early American imprints. Second series ; no. 22212).

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