EDINBURGH ALMANACK
£500
Auction: 1 February 2005 at 11:00 GMT
Description
The Edinburgh almanack and Scots register for 1797 [1802, 1803, 1805-1819, 1822, 1823, 1824, 1827, 1828, 1829, 1831-38, 1840, 1843, 1844, 1853, 1856, 1857, 1860, 1870, 1887, 1890, 1892, 1897, 1900-1909 with duplicates for 1817, 1811, 1849 ... 58 volumes, some engraved frontispieces, from 1797 to 1870 calf, 1887-1909 cloth, calf generally rubbed and worn, upper cover of 1797 detached, 1815 with loss of titlepage and internal page damage, 1850 lacking titlepage, 12mo., Edinburgh: David Ramsay [and others], 1797-1907 [58]
Note: Invaluable source of information on a wide variety of topics from the rates for hackney carriages to the officials of the city's golf clubs. Sold as a periodical with all faults, not subject to return.