| Item Description: | "This is the first appearance of the Thomas More almanac which from the outset appears to have been issued with both a Franklin-Philadelphia imprint, and a Parker-New York imprint. The contents of the two differ in the printing for the year 1746 only in the imprint and the court days."--Miller. - "Thomas More" is a pseudonym. - Advertised in the Pennsylvania gazette, Oct. 17, 1745. - Bristol, B1272. - Drake, M. Almanacs, 9665. - English Short Title Catalog, W558. - Hildeburn, C.R. Pennsylvania, 937. - Miller, C.W. Franklin, 377. - Reproduction of original from Library of Congress. - Shipton & Mooney, 40381. - The only known copy, held by the Library of Congress, lacks p. [21-24]. Pagination determined from the Parker-New York issue, which lacks title page. Cf. Miller |
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