Note
Florida Atlantic University Libraries' Marvin and Sybil Weiner Spirit of America Collection, Pamphlets: Almanacs B2F2
Member of
Publisher
Russell, Ezekiel, 1743-1796, printer.
Date Issued
1778
Description
Includes verse.
Cover title.
Isaac Bickerstaff is the pseudonym of Benjamin West.
Signatures: [A]⁴ B-C⁴.
Woodcut drawings of George Washington and Horatio Gates on title page titled: The glorious Washington and Gates. Print shows side view of faces.
Washington's illustration is first known American print of Washington and this is its 2nd printed appearance (1st use is on a 1776 Salem printing of the Declaration of Independence).
"The anatomy of man's body as governed by the 12 constellations", page [2].
"Roads to the principal Towns on the Continent, &c. from Boston : with the names of those who keep houses of entertainment": pages [22-24].
Printer's advertisement, page [24].
Advertised in the Independent chronicle, Boston, Dec. 11, 1777.
Title and text printed within ruled border.
Cover title.
Isaac Bickerstaff is the pseudonym of Benjamin West.
Signatures: [A]⁴ B-C⁴.
Woodcut drawings of George Washington and Horatio Gates on title page titled: The glorious Washington and Gates. Print shows side view of faces.
Washington's illustration is first known American print of Washington and this is its 2nd printed appearance (1st use is on a 1776 Salem printing of the Declaration of Independence).
"The anatomy of man's body as governed by the 12 constellations", page [2].
"Roads to the principal Towns on the Continent, &c. from Boston : with the names of those who keep houses of entertainment": pages [22-24].
Printer's advertisement, page [24].
Advertised in the Independent chronicle, Boston, Dec. 11, 1777.
Title and text printed within ruled border.
Language
Type
Genre
Form
Subject (Topical)
Identifier
fawab2f2
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Additional Information
Florida Atlantic University Libraries' Marvin and Sybil Weiner Spirit of America Collection, Pamphlets: Almanacs B2F2
Date Backup
1778
Date Text
1778
Date Issued (EDTF)
1778
Extension
FAU
FAU
IID
fawab2f2
Person Preferred Name
West, Benjamin, 1730-1813.
Physical Description
online resource
Title Plain
Bickerstaff's Boston almanack, for the year of our redemption 1778 : being the second year of American independence and the second after leap-year : calculated for the meredian of Boston, lat. 42ʹ 25° N. : containing, besides what is necessary in an almanack, a variety of useful and interesting pieces
Use and Reproduction
http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/NoC-US/1.0/
http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/
Origin Information
Russell, Ezekiel, 1743-1796, printer.
1778
Danvers, MA
Place
Danvers, MA
Title
Bickerstaff's Boston almanack, for the year of our redemption 1778 : being the second year of American independence and the second after leap-year : calculated for the meredian of Boston, lat. 42ʹ 25° N. : containing, besides what is necessary in an almanack, a variety of useful and interesting pieces
Other Title Info
Bickerstaff's Boston almanack, for the year of our redemption 1778 : being the second year of American independence and the second after leap-year : calculated for the meredian of Boston, lat. 42ʹ 25° N. : containing, besides what is necessary in an almanack, a variety of useful and interesting pieces