AN ASTRONOMICAL DIARY, OR, AN ALMANACK FOR THE YEAR OF OUR LORD CHRIST, 1760. by Ames, Nathaniel: : David M. Lesser, Fine Antiquarian Books LLC : Specializing in the social, political, and cultural history of the Americas.

Ames, Nathaniel:

AN ASTRONOMICAL DIARY, OR, AN ALMANACK FOR THE YEAR OF OUR LORD CHRIST, 1760.

Printed and Sold by John Draper, in Cornhill..., Boston; in New-England: [1759] 16mo, 12 leaves (complete), stitched. Some edge wear, costing several letters. Good or so. The first page contains the "first appearance of a fine title-page woodcut showing 4 figures representing the 4 seasons surrounding the signs of the zodiac in a circle with the date 1760 in the middle. Also gives, for the first time, a description of the Ohio River and list of places and distances from the mouth of the St. Lawrence to the mouth of the Mississippi." O'Neal. Also included is a three-page poem "On the Reduction of Quebec, Sept. 18, 1759 by General Wolfe and the brave Troops under his Command, &c." This is the genuine first edition; there was also a pirated edition printed by Kneeland. Drake notes two states of this Draper printing-- one with, the other without the price line in the imprint. This one does not have the price line in the imprint. FIRST EDITION. Evans 8292. Drake 3118. O'Neal 81.

Book Id: 18523

Price: $350.00

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