Old Poor Robin [electronic resource] : 1777. An almanack after the old; yet nevertheless as agreeable as Head and Hands can make it to the newest new fashion, &c. Or, a new Edition of an old Almanack: wherein thou, O Reader, (if that thou canst but Read) Art sure to find Abundance and plenty of matters most dainty; Well worthy of thy utmost Attention, careful Observation, and highest Approbation. Containing a two-fold Calendar; Viz. The good, new, true, downright, upright, honest and punctual English Account; and also the whimsey-headed, sap-scull'd, fantastical Account of sorry Saints, and sad Sinners, even from the Beginning of this Year, unto the latter End of the same. Written by old honest Poor Robin, a worthy Knight of the Burnt-Island; and an hearty Well-Wisher to the Mathematics. And the First after Leap-Year; also the Twenty-Fifth of the New-Style.
1777
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Old Poor Robin [electronic resource] : 1777. An almanack after the old; yet nevertheless as agreeable as Head and Hands can make it to the newest new fashion, &c. Or, a new Edition of an old Almanack: wherein thou, O Reader, (if that thou canst but Read) Art sure to find Abundance and plenty of matters most dainty; Well worthy of thy utmost Attention, careful Observation, and highest Approbation. Containing a two-fold Calendar; Viz. The good, new, true, downright, upright, honest and punctual English Account; and also the whimsey-headed, sap-scull'd, fantastical Account of sorry Saints, and sad Sinners, even from the Beginning of this Year, unto the latter End of the same. Written by old honest Poor Robin, a worthy Knight of the Burnt-Island; and an hearty Well-Wisher to the Mathematics. And the First after Leap-Year; also the Twenty-Fifth of the New-Style.
Edition
Being the one hundred and fifteenth edition, ..
Publication Details
London : printed for the Company of Stationers and sold by George Hawkins, at their Hall in Ludgate-Street, [1777]
Place of Publication or Printing
Great Britain -- England -- London.
Language
English
Description
[48]p. ; 8⁰.
Note
Titlepage and main text in red and black.
Sig. C comprises 'Poor old Sir Robin, M DCC LXXVII. The second part, containing an everlasting prognostication ..' with an additional titlepage.
Braces in title.
Price from imprint: price Eight Pence, stitched.
Sig. A may have been printed by William Bowyer and John Nichols.
Reproduction of original from British Library.
Sig. C comprises 'Poor old Sir Robin, M DCC LXXVII. The second part, containing an everlasting prognostication ..' with an additional titlepage.
Braces in title.
Price from imprint: price Eight Pence, stitched.
Sig. A may have been printed by William Bowyer and John Nichols.
Reproduction of original from British Library.
Access Note
Access limited to authorized users.
Indexed In
Maslen & Lancaster. Bowyer ledgers, 5143
English Short Title Catalog, T17659.
English Short Title Catalog, T17659.
Reproduction
Electronic reproduction. Farmington Hills, Mich. : Cengage Gale, 2009. Available via the World Wide Web. Access limited by licensing agreements.
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