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Father Abraham's almanac, (on an entire new plan.) For the year of our Lord, 1760 : ... To which is added, beautifully engrav'd on a large copper-plate, a fine picture of the Right Honorable William Pitt ... / By Abraham Weatherwise, gent.

Other author/creatorJerman, John, 1684-1769.
Other author/creatorTurner, James, -1759, engraver.
Other author/creatorBasire, James, 1730-1802, engraver.
Format Electronic and Book
Publication InfoPhiladelphia : Printed by W. Dunlap, at the newest-printing-office, on the south side of the Jersey-market, [1759]
Description50 unnumbered pages, 1 unnumbered leaf of plates : illustrations, portrait ; 17 cm (8vo)
Supplemental Content Evans Digital Edition
Subject(s)
Series Early American imprints. First series ; no. 8516. ^A478749
General noteCalculated by John Jerman. The calendar pages are identical in content and typography with those in his American almanac for 1760, also published by Dunlap. They also appear in the Pennsylvania almanac for 1760, issued by Dunlap under the pseudonym of Thomas Thomas.
General noteParentheses substituted for square brackets in title transcription.
General noteAdvertised in the Pennsylvania gazette, Philadelphia, Oct. 18, 1759.
General noteThe frontispiece is signed: J.T. (James Turner). The engraved portrait of William Pitt is signed: Basire, sculp. (James Basire).
General note"Books and stationary, just imported from London, and to be sold by the printer hereof."--[8] p. at end.
References Evans 8516
References Hildeburn, C.R. Pennsylvania, 1652
References Drake, M. Almanacs, 9810
Other formsMicroform version available in the Readex Early American Imprints series.
Reproduction noteElectronic text and image data. [Chester, Vt. : Readex, a division of Newsbank, Inc., 2002-2004. Includes files in TIFF, GIF and PDF formats with inclusion of keyword searchable text. (Early American imprints. First series ; no. 8516).
Genre/formAlmanacs Pennsylvania 1760.
Genre/formBooksellers' catalogues Pennsylvania Philadelphia.

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