The gentleman's diary, or the mathematical repository....; The lady's diary or, woman's almanack....; Vox stellarum or, a loyal almanack....; Merlinus liberatus. An almanack for the year of our redemption, 1806....; Old poor Robin. An almanack....; Speculum Anni, or the season on the seasons....; The coelestial atlas....
London: Nichols and Son; J. Adlard; Cox, Son and, Baylis; William Thorne; G. Woodfall; Luke Hanford, 1826. 7 volumes in one. Each volume 48 pp. FIRST EDITIONS. Printed in red and black; text illustrations throughout. Contemporary calf, rebacked with the original spine label. A fine copy. Item #20055
First editions of these entertaining almanacs for the year 1826. Included are a great variety of puzzles, enigmas, riddles, mathematical questions and solutions. One contains arts and sciences for the “Fair Sex”; a number are astronomical almanacs of eclipses, tides, and information on the moon and stars, and ephemera. There are quite a few astrological observations, a chronology of remarkable events throughout history, calculation of the meridian of London and the meridian and latitude of the Royal Observatory at Greenwich. Of special interest is the almanac discussing the horrid, popish, Jacobite plot.
Price: $650.00