Vox Stellarum, or a Loyal Almanack for the Year of Human Redemption 1831, being the third after Bissextile, and the second of the Reign of His Present Majesty . (Almanac.) + 12 pages Dingle s for Suffolk, Norfolk, Essex, Cambs (from Bury St. Edmunds)

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Undated for 1831. 48 pages, paperback binding fair, minor dirt, & corner folding. Contents fair/good, good clear printing, original red tax stamp to front, corner folding, tiny edge tears, only a couple of edge inscriptions. This was the year King William IV was crowned King. Contains some woodcuts in text, An interesting almanac for the period, with dates of festivals, etc., planetary movements, tide tables, chronology eclipses of the sun & moon, Lunar occultations, the 4 new planets Vesta, Juno, Pallas & Ceres etc., an interesting woodcut of men attacking a witch tree with a face, with people watching and flying heads with wings, with various animals on floor watching, snake, crocodile, frogs, etc. To rear is 12 pages of Dingle s additional tables for 1831 for Suffolk, Norfolk, Essex, Cambridgeshire, including taxes on windows, cost to hire carriages, horses, stamp duties, bonds etc, names of local dignitaries, fairs, names of constables and the town, names of carriers from Bury (St Edmunds) & distances from London and local towns and from each other ( was free with the almanac.). This is for just one from a collection of almanacs from 1814-1845, so please see my others on sale or go to sellers link above, then Malcolm books and put in almanac in title. Size: 11.25 x 18 cm. Approx. N° de ref. del artículo 002989

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