Details

Related name

• Tobler, John, 1696-1765 [Browse]

Rare books genre

• Almanacs [Browse]
• Booksellers' advertisements [Browse]

Series

Early American imprints. First series ; no. 10617. [More in this series]

Notes

• The only known copy, held by the American Antiquarian Society, lacks title page and p. [2-8]. Probable title and imprint surmised from earlier editions (cf. Evans 10299).
• The calendar pages of the Wilmington almanack (1762-1794), except for the verse and prose matter, are identical line for line with the concurrent issues of the Pennsylvania town and country-man's almanack (1764-1777) calculated by John Tobler. "Thomas Fox" is a pseudonym. Author's preface to the 1762 issue states that he had "for some years, observed those almanacks published in America," and had "formerly, in Europe," learned the use of Thomas Street's tables. Tobler was a Swiss immigrant. Though the Tobler almanacs issued after his death in 1765 have been attributed to his son John, the publisher's preface to the South-Carolina and Georgia almanack for 1764 (Savannah) states that Tobler's calculations had then been completed for publication up to 1800. The later almanacs contain no indication that Tobler junior is the author.
• Advertised in the Pennsylvania gazette, Philadelphia, Oct. 15, 1767.
• The Anatomy (Reilly 1823) is the only illustration.
• Bookseller's advertisement, p. [40].

Reproduction note

Electronic text and image data. [Chester, Vt. : Readex, a division of Newsbank, Inc., 2002-2004. Includes files in TIFF, GIF and PDF formats with inclusion of keyword searchable text. (Early American imprints. First series ; no. 10617).

References

• Evans 10617
• Rink, E. Delaware, 38
• Drake, M. Almanacs, 1344

Other format(s)

Microform version available in the Readex Early American Imprints series.

Place name(s)

United States Delaware Wilmington.

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