Almanac.- Goldsmith (John) An Almanack for the Year of our Lord God

Almanac.- Goldsmith (John) An Almanack for the Year of our Lord God, MDCCCII..., title and first gathering (calendar) printed in red and black, duty stamp in red ink to verso of title, blank leaves supplied at beginning and end, some soiling, a few leaves shaved at foot with slight loss to text, original colour wrappers, elaborately gilt, a little bumped and rubbed, housed in original slip-case in an identical design, slightly faded, extremities lightly rubbed, 24mo, by H.Baldwin and Son, for the Company of Stationers, 1802. *** Goldsmith first published his almanac in 1663 and it ran in similar form until the early nineteenth century. Most editions are uncommon, of this 1802 WorldCat records only one copy held in the Library of Congress, Washington DC.

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