AN ASTRONOMICAL DIARY: OR, ALMANACK; FOR THE YEAR OF CHRISTIAN AERA, 1780. BEING LEAP YEAR, AND THE FOURTH YEAR OF THE INDEPENDENT STATES OF AMERICA.
Boston: John Gill and T. and J. Fleet, [1779]. 12mo. [24] pp [as issued], new stitching. Several leaves spotted, last page lightened. Good plus.
The monthly calendar includes a poem, "On Public Liberty." The months have reference to the battles of the Revolution-- Princetown, Germantown, Lexington, Monmouth, Bennington, Long Island, Brandywine, Bunker Hill.
Other items include: "An Electuary for the Palsy;" "A Cure for Cracks or sore Heels of Horses;" "For to cure a Horse of the Gripes; "A Table of the Weight and Value of Coins."
An article entitled, "The Unbeliever's CREED," ends with "Lastly, I believe in all Unbelief." With the usual roads and distances.
Evans 16324. Drake 3287. Guerra b-440. ESTC W9340. Item #42276
Price: $600.00