MDCXXVII. THE NEW-ENGLAND DIARY, OR, ALMANACK, FOR THE YEAR OF OUR LORD CHRIST, 1727...APPLYED TO THE HORIZON OF BOSTON, N.E. WHERE THE NORTH POLE IS ELEVATED EQUAL TO AN ANGLE OF 42 GR. & 25 M BUT MAY INDIFFERENTLY (TIDES EXCEPTED) SERVE ALL NORTH AMERIC
Bowen, Nathan:
Boston: Printed by B. Green and sold at the booksellers shops, 1727 [i.e. 1726]. [16]pp. with a single woodcut diagram illustrating an eclipse. Dbd. Moderately age-toned. Edges worn and slightly chipped. Contemporary ownership inscriptions of "Nathaniel Cutter" on titlepage and pp.[8,11] and of "John Cutter" on p.[12]. Additional contemporary inscriptions on pp.[9,13,16]. 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 year's eclipses and brief religious reflections by the author. The text concludes with an advertisement for a ferry newly opened at Charlestown, "called Penny-Ferry, which is the best and highest road from Boston to the Eastward, and also good entertainment for man and horse at the said Ferry." EVANS 2732. DRAKE 3020. NAIP w022681.
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