MDCCXXXV. THE NEW-ENGLAND DIARY: OR, ALMANACK FOR THE YEAR OF OUR LORD CHRIST 1735.APPLIED TO THE HORIZON OF BOSTON, IN N.E. WHERE THE NORTH POLE IS RAISED, AND THE SOUTH POLE IS DEPRESSED EQUAL TO AN ANGLE OF 42 DEG. 25 MIN. NORTH, AND A MERIDIAN 4 H. 44 M. WEST OF LONDON. BY A NATIVE OF NEW-ENGLAND

Bowen, Nathan

Published by Printed by T. Fleet, for the booksellers, and sold at their shops, Boston, 1735

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[16]pp., including a single woodcut anatomical illustration with astrological references on p.[2]. Stitched as issued, laid into two contemporary wrappers. Moderate browning. A good copy. A mid-18th-century New England almanac by Nathan Bowen, who issued a series of almanacs published in Boston between 1721 and 1737. In addition to the calendar year, this NEW- ENGLAND DIARY: OR, ALMANACK includes predictions for the year's eclipses and "a brief account of some estimates made by two very ingenious persons [Sir William Petty and Capt. Edmund Halley] about the proportion or difference of men's lives, according to their several ages." EVANS 3755. DRAKE 3047. ESTC W22685. Seller Inventory # WRCAM37683

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Title: MDCCXXXV. THE NEW-ENGLAND DIARY: OR, ...

Publisher: Printed by T. Fleet, for the booksellers, and sold at their shops, Boston

Publication Date: 1735