An astronomical diary; or, almanack, for the year of our Lord Christ 1771. ... Calculated for the meridian of Boston, New-England, latt. 42? 25' north. ... By Nathaniel Ames. [Sixteen lines of verse]

People / Organizations

• Nathaniel Ames (Author)

Imprint

Boston: Printed and sold by the printers and booksellers [i.e., R. Draper, T. & J. Fleet, and Edes & Gill], at 2s. 8d. per dozen, and six coppers single, [1770]

Publication year

1770-1770

ESTC No.

W22519

Grub Street ID

332353

Description

[24]p. ; 8⁰

Note

Advertised in the Massachusetts gazette and Boston weekly news-letter (R. Draper), Nov. 29, 1770, and in the Boston gazette (Edes & Gill) and Boston evening post (T. & J. Fleet), Dec. 3, as "to be sold by R. Draper, T. & J. Fleet, Edes & Gill." Evans takes the printer to be William McAlpine, evidently through extrapolation from the McAlpine editions of Ames for this and other years. This issue is, however, from a type setting clearly different from McAlpine's for 1771.

Two states noted. One comprises [24] p. and correctly names Abel Puffer as author of "A sure and certain cure for the bite of a rattle snake ..", p. [24]. Another comprises [26] p.; p. [17-26] vary and are typographically identical with p. [17-26] of the edition printed by William McAlpine (Evans 11547). Abel Puffer is mistakenly identified as Abel Fuller in this state.

Paper maker's advertisement, p. [18] of the [24] p. state; p. [25] of the [26] p. state.

Uncontrolled note

Signatures: [A]? B-C?. - IS THE MIXED STATE OF 26 P. MERELY A MADE-UP COPY?