Astronomical Diary
Item #79911
AMES, Nathaniel. An Astronomical Diary, or, an Almanack for the Year of Our Lord Christ 1760. Boston: John Draper.Richard Draper.Green & Russell, and Edes & Gill.and Thomas & John Fleet, [1759]. 12 leaves. Complete. Sewn. Slightly charred, else very good. Drake 3117 (price line after imprint) locates 10 copies. Evans 8292. ESTC W22451. The titlepage woodcut is decorative, illustrations of the four seasons surrounding the signs of the zodiac, which form a circle around the date "1760." The final three pages are a poem describing General Wolfe's death at the battle for Quebec: "O WOLFE immortal Hero, tho' now fall'n / Thy Name shall live for ever in our Breasts. / Shall We, or envy or condole thy Fate? / Like Him of Gaza, conqu'ring in thy Fall / Gaining the greatest Vict'ry at thy Death."
Price: $300.00