Pond. An almanack for the year of our Lord God 1666 : being the second after bis-sextile or leap-year, and from the worlds creation, 5669 complete : amplified with many good things both for pleasure and profit, and fitted for the meridian of Saffron-Walden in Essex, where the pole is elevated 52 degrees and 6 minutes above the horizon : whereunto is added the several fairs held in England each moneth this year

Folger bibliographic ID: 344364
ESTC number: R3588
Wing number: A2147
Folger call number: 269- 460q item 9
Folger holdings ID: 495201
Accession Number: 269460.9

Bibliographic format

octavo

General notes

A continuation of the almanac started by Edward Pond, -1629 Almanacs were published the year preceding date of calculation Signatures: A-C⁸ Gatherings A-B printed in red and black "Pond MDCLXVI. The latter part of this almanack for the year of our Lord God 1666." has separate, dated title page

Item information about Folger 269- 460q item 9

Bookplate: Allan Maxcey Galer, Dulwich, Inner Temple. Bound ninth in a sammelband of 11 almanacs for 1666. Pencilled number '9' by Folger staff. In early leather (calf) inboard binding with gold stamps and red leather spine label "Cambridge almanack, 1666"; rebacked with remnants of earlier spine; red-speckled edges. Acquired from W.S. Cotter Rare Books, 2015-12-22 Purchase made possible by The Charles W. Engelhard Acquisitions Fund

Extended title: Pond. An almanack for the year of our Lord God 1666 : being the second after bis-sextile or leap-year, and from the worlds creation, 5669 complete : amplified with many good things both for pleasure and profit, and fitted for the meridian of Saffron-Walden in Essex, where the pole is elevated 52 degrees and 6 minutes above the horizon : whereunto is added the several fairs held in England each moneth this year
Alternate titles: Almanack for the year of our Lord God 1666, Cambridge almanack, 1666, Pond 1666

Astrology Astronomy

associated with: Pond, Edward, -1629
printer: Field, John, -1668
former owner: Galer, Allan Maxcey, 1868-1938
bookseller: Cambridge University Press