Feb 10, 2005 - Sale 2032

Sale 2032 - Lot 9

Price Realized: $ 288
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 300 - $ 400
(ALMANAC.) Ames, Nathaniel. An Astronomical Diary: or, an Almanack For . . . 1760. 24 pages. 8vo, self-wrappers, unstitched; minor foxing. Boston, [1759]

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The earliest almanac to give a description of the Ohio River and to list distances from the St. Lawrence to the Mississippi. Also includes a poem on the British victory at Quebec and with the first appearance of the woodcut on the title depicting the signs of the zodiac. This edition without the price below the imprint. Evans 8292; Drake 3118.