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A luxuriously bound, fine copy of Longworth's rare 1809 almanac and New York City register and directory, from the library of Edwin Holden and bearing his bookplate. Holden was a prominent New York bibliophile and one of the primary founders of the Club Bindery in 1898. David Longworth published his popular almanac and directory annually from 1796 to 1817, after which point the publication was assumed by Thomas Longworth and continued into the 1840s. In the present volume, the almanac by Andrew Beers is embellished with an anatomical map of the zodiac, a sonnet, and an essay by "Brackenridge" (presumably Hugh Henry Brackenridge) entitled, "Liberty of Press and Express." The register that follows contains extensive lists of duties and other commercial concerns and a detailed listing of major New York institutions, including government bodies, fraternal lodges, insurance companies, banks, and hospitals. The City Directory lists 14,450 New York residents with their addresses and means of livelihood, providing a fascinating cross-section of New York in the late Federal period. Spear lists a plan of New York in the 1809 volume, which is not present here. The plan, however, is not mentioned in the title or contents of the volume, and there is further reason to believe that Spear was working with an anomaly and that the present copy is, in fact, complete as issued. For example, the AAS copy, acquired by them in 1829, has no plan. Despite their popularity, few of the Longworth almanacs survive, particularly those published before 1820. Spear locates five copies. SPEAR, p.239. SHAW & SHOEMAKER 50948. 12mo. Modern full brown morocco, front and rear boards gilt-stamped with the seal of the City of New York, spine gilt with raised bands, gilt inner dentelles, a.e.g. Slight scuffing at upper joints. Faint early ink signature in upper margin of titlepage, bookplate of Edwin Holden on verso of front free endpaper, else a fine copy.
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