Details

Publisher

• Carnan, Thomas, -1788 [Browse]
• Robinson, George, 1736-1801 [Browse]
• Pearson, Thomas, active 1761-1798 [Browse]
• Pearson and Rollason [Browse]

Rare books genre

• Almanacs [Browse]
• Annotations [Browse]
• Inscriptions [Browse]

Related record(s)

• The ladies diary : for the year of our Lord, 1781... / by Reuben Burrow.
• The ladies and gentlemens diary, or, Royal almanack : for the year of our Lord, 1778 ... / by Reuben Burrow.
• Diaria Britannica, or, The British diary : an almanack, for the year of our Lord, 1790 ... .

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Notes

• With most upper wrappers and tabular calendar data printed in red and black.
• Cotsen copy: Compilation of 9 annual almanacs or diaries published in either London or Birmingham by Carnan, Carnan and Robinson, Pearson, or Pearson and Rollason, each with its own t.p., imprint, and date (from 1776-1790); bound together later.
• Cotsen copy: Endpapers, and additonal binder's blanks extensively annotated with 19th-c. notes, memos, sample letters, and inscribed on front free endpaper: "E.M.B. H (?), 19th March, 1866."
• Cotsen copy: Book curse on first added binder's leaf after text: "Steal not this Book my honest friend, or else the Gallows will be your end; and if I catch you by the Tail, I will lodge you safe in Newgate Gaol; and when the Judge will come to say where is that Book you have stolen away, and if you say you do not know, he will say go down below, dated 1865."
• Cotsen copy: Inscribed list of the kings and queens of England, with their dates of accesssion, from William the Conquerer, 1066, to Anne, 1702 on binder's blanks after text.

Binding note

Nineteenth-century quarter--calf, over marbled paper bds., spine with raised bands and gilt-stamped with title: Almanack : 1776-1790.

References

Roscoe, A7

Other title(s)

Multi-title collection including The ladies and gentlemens diary, or, Royal almanack : for the year of our Lord, 1778 ... and 8 other(s).

OCLC

86165244

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