Author:

Peirce, Benjamin 1809-1880  Search this

Printer:

Dickinson, Samuel N (Samuel Nelson) 1801-1848  Search this

Publisher:

James Munroe and Company  Search this

Physical description:

3, [1], viii, 342, [2], 16 p. ; 21 cm

Type:

Books

Registers

Almanacs, American

Almanacs

Publishers' catalogs

Printed wrappers (Binding).)

Place:

United States

Massachusetts

Boston

Date:

1845

1846

Notes:

"Boston: printed by S.N. Dickinson & Co., Washington Street"--Verso of t.p.

"The astronomical calculations ... have been made by Mr. Peirce, Perkins Professor of Astronomy in Harvard University."--p. [iii] (3rd group).

Imprint on original paper cover: "Boston: published by James Munroe and Company; New York: Collins, Brother & Co., Wiley & Putnam, A.V. Blake, and Saxton & Huntington; Albany: Weare C. Little; Philadelphia: Thomas, Cowperthwait & Co., Grigg & Elliot, and J.W. Moore; Baltimore: Cushing & Brother; Washington: Frank Taylor; Cincinnati: Desilver & Burr, and Derby, Bradley & Co.; Richmond: Drinker & Morris; New Orleans: J.B. Steele; St. Louis: Halsall and Collet; Raleigh, N.C.: Turner & Hughes; London: Wiley & Putnam; Paris: Hector Bossange."

"10 sheets. Postage on this work, fifteen cents"--Cover.

Signatures: [a]⁴ 1-29⁶ 1⁶.

Issued in a blue printed cover with publisher's advertisement on the back.

The first 4 p. at the front of the volume, and the 16 p. at the end, contain publisher's advertisements.

"Post Office department": p. 103; "Postmasters in the chief cities and towns": p. 105-106; "Post-Office establishment": p. 127-131.

Includes index.

Drake, M. Almanacs, 4317

Call number:

AY64 .A5X 1846

Data Source:

Smithsonian Libraries

EDAN-URL:

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