The Gentleman's Diary, or the Mathematical Repository; An almanack For the Year of our Lord 1798..
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London: Printed for the Company of Stationers; and sold by Robert Horsfield, and George Greenhill, 1798. 48pp. Title and calendar in red and black. ESTC N30928. [Bound with:] [HUTTON, Charles]. The Ladies' Diary: or Woman's Almanack, For the Year of our Lord 1798... London. Printed for the Company of Stationers, And sold by Robert Horsfield and G. Greenhill. Ninety-fifth edition. 48pp. Title and calendar in red and black. ESTC N3194. [And:] MOORE, Francis. Vox stellarum: or, a loyal almanack For the Year of Human Redemption 1798... London. Printed for the Company of Stationers; and sold by Robert Horsfield and George Greenhill, 1798. 48pp. Title and calendar in red and black. ESTC T175494. [And:] PARTRIDGE, John. Merlinus Liberatus. Being an almanack For the Year of our Redemption, 1798... London. Printed for the Company of Stationers; and sold by Robert Horsfield and George Greenhill, 1798. 48pp. Title and calendar in red and black. ESTC T146021. [And:] [WINSTANLEY, William]. Old Poor Robin. An almanack... London. Printed for the Company of Stationers; and sold by Robert Horsfield and George Greenhill, 1798. One hundred and thirty-sixth edition. 48pp. Title and calendar in red and black. ESTC T186156. [And:] SEASON, Henry. Speculum Anni: or, season on the seasons... London. Printed for the Company of Stationers; and sold by Robert Horsfield, and George Greenhill, [1798]. Sixty-fifth edition. 48pp. Title in red and black. ESTC N24061. [And:] WING, Tycho. Olympia dÅmata; or, an almanack For the year of Our Lord God, 1798... London. Printed for the Company of Stationers; and sold by R. Horsfield and G. Greenhill, [1798]. 48pp. Title and calendar in red and black. First two words of title transliterated from the Greek. ESTC T28644. [And:] WHITE, Robert. Atlas ouranios, The coelestial atlas; Or, A New ephemeris For the Year of our Lord 1798... London. Printed for the Company of Stationers; and sold by R. Horsfield and G. Greenhill, [1798]. Forty-ninth impression. 48pp. Title and calendar in red and black. First two words of title transliterated from the Greek. ESTC T146219. 8vo. Contemporary gilt-tooled red morocco, A.E.G. Extremities rubbed and marked, spine cracked. Marbled endpapers, later inked ownership inscription and manuscript ;enigmas' to verso of FFEP and recto of front blank fly-leaf, damp-staining to gutter throughout. A handsomely bound sammelband of eight Stationers Company almanacs, for both ladies and gentlemen, for the year 1798. The Company of Stationers' custom of binding annual collections of almanacs finely for presentation to court- and civil-servants endured from the seventeenth- to nineteenth-century. . [Fifty-seventh edition].
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- Antiquates Ltd (GB)
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- Title
- The Gentleman's Diary, or the Mathematical Repository; An almanack For the Year of our Lord 1798..
- Author
- [ALMANACS]
- Book Condition
- Used
- Edition
- [Fifty-seventh edition]
- Publisher
- Printed for the Company of Stationers; and sold by Robert Horsfield, and George Greenhill
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1798
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Concentrating on hand-press printing and early modern manuscripts, we pride ourselves on offering a varied selection of antiquarian works on a diverse range of subjects, leaning towards the interesting, the important, and the unusual.
We have a countryside bookshop in Wareham; we also regularly issue catalogues - do ask if you would like to be added to our mailing list - and frequently exhibit at regional and national book fairs in London, Bristol, Cambridge, Edinburgh, Oxford, and York.
We also offer a valuation service (for either insurance or probate purposes), as well as advice on library development.
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