Apr 07, 2022 - Sale 2600

Sale 2600 - Lot 100

Price Realized: $ 500
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 400 - $ 600
(EARLY AMERICAN IMPRINT.) Nathaniel Ames. An Astronomical Diary; or an Almanack for . . . 1754 [1755, 1762]. [16], [16], [24] pages. 3 volumes. 12mo, rebacked with tape; restored at inner margins, generally minor wear. Boston: John Draper, [1753-1761]

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The 1762 almanac features a poem in celebration of victories in the French and Indian War: "The best of Kings has laid his Scepter down / And George the Third adorns the British Crown / New-conquered Realms join to his boundless Sway / And Savage Chiefs their willing Homage pay." Drake 3095, 3097, 3132.