MDCCXXVI. THE NEW-ENGLAND DIARY, OR, ALMANACK, FOR THE YEAR OF OUR LORD CHRIST, 1726...FITTED TO THE FAMOUS TOWN OF BOSTON, WHERE THE NORTH POLE IS RAISED, AND THE SOUTH POLE IS DEPRESS'D EQUAL TO AN ANGLE OF 42 GR. 25 M AND A MERIDIAN 4 H. 44 M. WEST OF
Bowen, Nathan:
Boston: Printed and sold by B. Green, and sold at the booksellers shops, 1726 [i.e. 1725]. [16]pp. Dbd. Moderately age-toned. Edges worn and slightly chipped. Contemporary inscriptions on titlepage and pp.[10,11,16]. A good copy. An early 18th-century New England almanac by Nathan Bowen, who issued a series of almanacs published in Boston between 1721 and 1737. In addition to the calendar year, this NEW-ENGLAND DIARY, OR, ALMANACK includes predictions for the movement of the sun and eclipses. The final page are the author's observations on the movement of planets at important historical and biblical moments. EVANS 2611. DRAKE 3017. NAIP w022680.
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