ISAIAH THOMAS JUNR'S MASSACHUSETTS, CONNECTICUT, RHODE ISLAND, NEW HAMPSHIRE & VERMONT ALMANACK, WITH AN EPHEMERIS, FOR THE YEAR OF OUR LORD 1804
Worcester, MA: Isaiah Thomas, Jr, [1803]. Original Wrappers. Good+ binding. Item #4679
12mo. [48] pp. As issued in stitched self-wrappers with what looks to be additional early stitching. Paper is toned but supple; light staining and wear to the untrimmed pages edges; scant and scattered contemporary notes and calculations. A relatively nice copy of an early almanac by one of America's most important printing houses. Woodcut on the front wrapper and occasionally throughout. Contains advice on the slaughtering of cattle, preserving cider, a half of a page “On the culture of silk,” “List of stages that run from Boston, and the places from whence they set off,” and “Road to the principal towns on the continent, &c. from Boston, with the names of Innkeepers.” Shaw & Shoemaker 4438.
Price: $75.00