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	ALMANACK. The Town and Country Almanack for the Year M.DCC.LXXXVI. (Being the second after Leap Year,) with New Lists, and an Improved Kalendar; is most respectfully inscribed to The Right Honourable James Hunter Blair, Esq; Lord Provost of Edinburgh Preses... Printed for T. Ruddiman and Co., Edinburgh. [1786]. 12mo, 168pp., folding engraved view of South Bridge Street and adjacent buildings, tear to one fold without loss, tax stamp on title, orig. stiff marbled paper wrappers, paper spine a little chipped. The book starts with a finely detailed calendar showing the days and events for the month, from public fairs, high and low water, sun rise and set, religious dates etc, etc. The publication then moves on to list nobles and titles on the Scots lists, Earls, Barons etc, the main members of judiciary, customs and so forth before moving south and beginning with England from the King to Officers of the Army and Navy including the prestigious Board of Ordinance and a full Naval list, detailing every ship and commander in the Kings Navy (The Victory is recorded fifth on the list as a First Rates of 104 Guns). ESTC locates 2 copies in the UK (L & E) and 1 in North America (InU-Li). GBP 85.00 [Appr.: EURO 95.25 US$ 141.61 \| JP¥ 12597] Book number: 24763 Click here to order or inquire at Forest Books.
	SCOTS ALMANACK. The Universal Scots Almanack, for the Year of our Lord M,DCC,LXXXVII. Being the Third after Bissextile, or Leap Year. With New Lists, and an Improved Kalendar, (The Calculations by Mr Dinwiddie) is, with the Greatest Submission, Dedicated to the Honourabl Printed by John Robertson, Edinburgh. [1788]. 12mo, 191,[1]pp., folding engraved map, small area (75 x 12mm) torn away from head of map, slightly intruding into the border and headline text, duty stamp on title, cont. sheep, rubbed, spine chipped, upper hinge cracked. ESTC listing just one copy (L) for this year. GBP 110.00 [Appr.: EURO 123.25 US$ 183.26 \| JP¥ 16302] Book number: 24850 Click here to order or inquire at Forest Books.
	BOSANQUET (EUSTACE F.) English Printed Almanacks and Prognostications. A Bibliographical History to the Year 1600. Printed for The Bibliographical Society at the Chiswick Press. 1917. First Edition, 4to, 35 facsimiles on 28 plates (some double-page), title in red and black, orig. buckram backed-boards, uncut, t.e.g. GBP 75.00 [Appr.: EURO 84.25 US$ 124.95 \| JP¥ 11115] Book number: 23575 Click here to order or inquire at Forest Books.
	BOSANQUET (EUSTACE F.) English Printed Almanacks and Prognostications. A Bibliographical History to the Year 1600. Printed for The Bibliographical Society at the Chiswick Press. 1917. First Edition, 4to, 35 facsimiles on 28 plates (some double-page), title in red and black, orig. buckram backed-boards, spine detached, uncut, t.e.g. GBP 35.00 [Appr.: EURO 39.25 US$ 58.31 \| JP¥ 5187] Book number: 24402 Click here to order or inquire at Forest Books.

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	ALMANACK. The Town and Country Almanack for the Year M.DCC.LXXXVI. (Being the second after Leap Year,) with New Lists, and an Improved Kalendar; is most respectfully inscribed to The Right Honourable James Hunter Blair, Esq; Lord Provost of Edinburgh Preses... Printed for T. Ruddiman and Co., Edinburgh. [1786]. 12mo, 168pp., folding engraved view of South Bridge Street and adjacent buildings, tear to one fold without loss, tax stamp on title, orig. stiff marbled paper wrappers, paper spine a little chipped. The book starts with a finely detailed calendar showing the days and events for the month, from public fairs, high and low water, sun rise and set, religious dates etc, etc. The publication then moves on to list nobles and titles on the Scots lists, Earls, Barons etc, the main members of judiciary, customs and so forth before moving south and beginning with England from the King to Officers of the Army and Navy including the prestigious Board of Ordinance and a full Naval list, detailing every ship and commander in the Kings Navy (The Victory is recorded fifth on the list as a First Rates of 104 Guns). ESTC locates 2 copies in the UK (L & E) and 1 in North America (InU-Li). GBP 85.00 [Appr.: EURO 95.25 US$ 141.61 \| JP¥ 12597] Book number: 24763 Click here to order or inquire at Forest Books.
	SCOTS ALMANACK. The Universal Scots Almanack, for the Year of our Lord M,DCC,LXXXVII. Being the Third after Bissextile, or Leap Year. With New Lists, and an Improved Kalendar, (The Calculations by Mr Dinwiddie) is, with the Greatest Submission, Dedicated to the Honourabl Printed by John Robertson, Edinburgh. [1788]. 12mo, 191,[1]pp., folding engraved map, small area (75 x 12mm) torn away from head of map, slightly intruding into the border and headline text, duty stamp on title, cont. sheep, rubbed, spine chipped, upper hinge cracked. ESTC listing just one copy (L) for this year. GBP 110.00 [Appr.: EURO 123.25 US$ 183.26 \| JP¥ 16302] Book number: 24850 Click here to order or inquire at Forest Books.
	BOSANQUET (EUSTACE F.) English Printed Almanacks and Prognostications. A Bibliographical History to the Year 1600. Printed for The Bibliographical Society at the Chiswick Press. 1917. First Edition, 4to, 35 facsimiles on 28 plates (some double-page), title in red and black, orig. buckram backed-boards, uncut, t.e.g. GBP 75.00 [Appr.: EURO 84.25 US$ 124.95 \| JP¥ 11115] Book number: 23575 Click here to order or inquire at Forest Books.
	BOSANQUET (EUSTACE F.) English Printed Almanacks and Prognostications. A Bibliographical History to the Year 1600. Printed for The Bibliographical Society at the Chiswick Press. 1917. First Edition, 4to, 35 facsimiles on 28 plates (some double-page), title in red and black, orig. buckram backed-boards, spine detached, uncut, t.e.g. GBP 35.00 [Appr.: EURO 39.25 US$ 58.31 \| JP¥ 5187] Book number: 24402 Click here to order or inquire at Forest Books.