A Collection of 18th-Century Decorated Papers and Paper Bindings
Title:
Father Abraham's almanac, (on an entire new plan.) For the year of our Lord, 1760 being leap-year : Containing, the Gregorian and Julian account of the year, remarkable days, eclipses, lunations, conjunctions of the moon, suns rising and setting, Antigua St. Christophers, Nevis and Monserrat courts, &c. With a continuation of the author's account of himself To which is added, a particular account of the Right Honorable William Pitt, Esq; one of His Majesty's principal Secretaries of State, with his picture finely engrav'd. Likewise, a list of expeditions, undertaken by the English against the enemy, from the year 1739, to the beginning of the present year. As also, a new and successful method of curing the yaws, &c. With a variety of entertaining and useful remarks, interspersed thro' the whole / By Abraham Weatherwise, gent.
Author:
Imprint Date:
1759
Publishing Colophon:
Philadelphia: : Printed by William Dunlap, for the author, [1759].
Binding:
Stab-stitched textblock with a brocade paper wrapper
Paper:
Brocade: green, red, and orange stencilled color underneath gilt negative floral design
Analysis:
Collector's Notes:
Institutional Call Number:
657337