Dec 04, 2006 - Sale 2096

Sale 2096 - Lot 220

Price Realized: $ 5,280
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 2,500 - $ 3,500
(ALMANACS.) Bound volume containing 23 English almanacs for the year 1678. Most printed in red and black, some with astrological text diagrams and woodcuts. Horizontal vellum divider strips between each almanac. 8vo, contemporary gilt-panelled red morocco, top of spine rubbed, bottom damaged, cover corners and outer ends of raised bands worn through; some toning, soiling, and minor stains. Wing entry numbers given in square brackets. London (or Cambridge where noted), 1678

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The copies in this volume represent nearly two-thirds of the recorded almanac editions printed in England for the year 1678, as follows: