[The American almanack for the year of Christian account, 1745. ... Fitted to the latitude of 40 degrees, and a meridian of 5 hours west from London, but may, without sensible error, serve all the adjacent places, even from Newfoundland to South-Carolina. By Titan Leeds, philomat.]

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Leeds, Titan, 1699-1738 26145

Language:

English

Physical Description:

[24]p. : ill. ; 8°.

Place of Publication:

[Philadelphia : Printed and sold by Cornelia Bradford, at the sign of the Bible, in Front-street, near High-street, 1744]

Notes:

Publisher's prefaces to the issues for 1739 and 1740 state that in 1738, in anticipation of his death, Leeds calculated almanacs "for seven years to come," i.e. 1739-1745.

At head of title: Leeds coat of arms with scroll reading: The genuine Leeds almanack.

Advertised in the American weekly Mercury, Philadelphia, Sept. 20/27, 1744.

The American Antiquarian Society copy lacks title page. Title assumed from earlier issues; imprint supplied from Evans and Drake.

The Anatomy is the only illustration in the text.

Local Notes:

HSP in LCP.

Cited in:

Evans 5423; Hildeburn, C.R. Pennsylvania, 884; Drake, M. Almanacs, 9662b