Old Poor Robin [electronic resource] : 1778. 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 Ephemeris: wherein thou, O Reader, (if thou canst Read) Art sure to find Abundance and plenty of matters most dainty; Well worthy of thy utmost Attention, Observation, Consideration, &c. and also of the highest Approbation. Containing a double Calendar; Viz. The good, new, true, downright, upright, honest and punctual English Account; and also the whimsey-headed fantastical Account of sorry Saints, and sad Sinners, from one End of this Year to the other. Written by the old honest Poor Robin, Knight of the Burnt-Island; and a sincere Well wisher to the Mathematics. and the Second after Bissextile or Leap-Year. Also the Twenty-Sixth of the New-Style, in England.
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Old Poor Robin [electronic resource] : 1778. 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 Ephemeris: wherein thou, O Reader, (if thou canst Read) Art sure to find Abundance and plenty of matters most dainty; Well worthy of thy utmost Attention, Observation, Consideration, &c. and also of the highest Approbation. Containing a double Calendar; Viz. The good, new, true, downright, upright, honest and punctual English Account; and also the whimsey-headed fantastical Account of sorry Saints, and sad Sinners, from one End of this Year to the other. Written by the old honest Poor Robin, Knight of the Burnt-Island; and a sincere Well wisher to the Mathematics. and the Second after Bissextile or Leap-Year. Also the Twenty-Sixth of the New-Style, in England.
Edition
Being the one hundred and sixteenth edition, ..
Publication Details
London : printed for the Company of Stationers and sold by George Hawkins, at their Hall in Ludgate-Street, [1778]
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 LXXVIII. The second part, containing an everlasting prognostication ..' with an additional titlepage.
Braces in title.
Price from imprint: price Eight Pence, stitched.
Reproduction of original from British Library.
Sig. C comprises 'Poor old Sir Robin, M DCC LXXVIII. The second part, containing an everlasting prognostication ..' with an additional titlepage.
Braces in title.
Price from imprint: price Eight Pence, stitched.
Reproduction of original from British Library.
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Access limited to authorized users.
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English Short Title Catalog, T17660.
Reproduction
Electronic reproduction. Farmington Hills, Mich. : Cengage Gale, 2009. Available via the World Wide Web. Access limited by licensing agreements.
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