Old poor Robin : An almanack, composed (according to the modern mode of composition) on a variety of subjects, both ancient and modern; and, for the reader's farther entertainment, part in prose, part in verse; part narrative, part contemplative; part serious, part comick; for the entertainment and improvement of the human mind, and adapted to the mean[est] capacity. Being a new improved edition of a very old ephemeris, for the year of Our Lord, 1798. Being the one hundred and thirty-sixth edition, the second after bissextile, or leap year, and the forty-sixth year of the new stile in Great-Britain. Written by Poor Robin, knight of the Burnt-Island, and well wisher to the mathematicks.
| Author/creator | Winstanley, William |
| Format | Electronic |
| Publication Info | London : Printed for the Company of Stationers, and sold by Robert Horsfield and George Greenhill, at their Hall, in Ludgate-street. Price only sixteen pence for paper, printing, the expence of setting the press, the duty for stamps, and the immense trouble of composition; as he gives the stitching gratis, [1798] |
| Description | 48 pages ; 8⁰. |
| Supplemental Content | Full text online |
| Subjects |
| Variant title | Poor Robin |
| General note | Titlepage and main text in red and black. |
| General note | Reproduction of original from National Library of Scotland. |
| References | English Short Title Catalog, T186156. |
| Reproduction note | Electronic reproduction. Farmington Hills, Mich. : Cengage Gale, 2009. Available via the World Wide Web. Access limited by licensing agreements. |
| Genre/form | Almanacs. |
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| Electronic Resources | Access Content Online | ✔ Available |