Rider's British Merlin : For the Year of Our Lord God 1785, Bring the First after Bissextile , or Leap Year. Adorned with many delightful and useful Verities fitting all Capacities in the Islands of Great Britain's Monarchy . [etc ]

Rider, Cardanus:

Published by The Company of Stationers and sold by J Wilkie at Stationer's-hall near Ludgate-street Londpn, 1785

About this Item

Size - 4.75 x 3.1 inches, pp 18 ( blank) + 60 + 2 (blank) ; the calendar section at the front of the book is interleaved with some blank pages, vellum binding with fold-over clasp. Book condition - Good ; contents a bit dusty with marks here and there, some blank pages with contemporanous writing, some blank pages torn out, leaf 25/26 has some pieces of loss and a tear (please see photo), binding is firm ; green, vellum binding with fold-over flap and brass clasp ; edges rubbed but not split, spine is sound with just slight loss at the ends, the 'hook' on the flap is missing but the clasp on the back is complete and in good condition. Please see photos for indications of condition and contents. This copy with it's unusual vellum, flap and clasp binding appears to be what today would be called a ' Rider's Merlin for the Pocket ', a robust binding intended not for the bookshelf but to be used as a reference document to be carried by, say, farmers or dealers travelling regularly, and, certainly, some of the inscriptions and the torn out blank pages indicate this type of use. Seller Inventory # 2107

Bibliographic Details

Title: Rider's British Merlin : For the Year of Our...

Publisher: The Company of Stationers and sold by J Wilkie at Stationer's-hall near Ludgate-street Londpn

Publication Date: 1785