Pond, Edward. Pond. An almanack for the year of our Lord God 1685 : being the first after bissextile or leap-year, and from the worlds creation at the spring 5688 years compleat : 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 : and may serve indifferently for any other place of this kingdom

Capp, B. English almanacs: p. 375
Folger bibliographic ID: 347300
ESTC number: R30630
Wing number: A2165
Folger call number: 206- 990q
Folger holdings ID: 498058
Accession Number: 206990

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octavo

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T.p. in red and black, within type ornament border; roman and italic types Second part of almanac, entitled "Pond. MDCLXXXV: the latter part of this almanack for the year of our Lord God 1685," has separate t.p. and continuous signatures Small advertisement on last p. for Robert Bateman's spirits of scurvy grass remedy Signatures: A-C⁸ Almanacs were published the year preceding date of calculation Gathering A and B printed in red and black Includes "Vulgar notes and moveable feasts for this year"; a table of term dates; a calendar, in red and black, with a table for each month containing the usual list of saints' days, Dominical Letters, weather predictions, planetary positions, hours of sunrise and sunset, and Biblical historical notes; and a table of kings and queens of England Second part includes small woodcut of anatomical man, showing which parts of the body are affected by the signs of the zodiac, a chronology of memorable events from the beginning of the world to the death of Sir Edmund Berry Godfrey in 1678; table of statistics for the counties or shires of England and Wales; notes on eclipses for the year; predictions of pestilence; a list of regions and towns throughout the world, arranged under the signs and planets by which they are governed; interest tables; and a list of fairs in England and Wales, arranged by month

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Extended title: Pond. An almanack for the year of our Lord God 1685 : being the first after bissextile or leap-year, and from the worlds creation at the spring 5688 years compleat : 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 : and may serve indifferently for any other place of this kingdom
Alternate titles: Almanack for the year of our Lord God 1685, Pond 1685

author: Pond, Edward, -1629
printer: Hayes, John, 1633 or 1634-1705