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Description

1. [48] unnumbered pages : illustrations, tables; 18 cm.

Donor/Sponsor

1. Home to Harlem Project funded by the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation (2021-2024).

Series statement

1. In his Works, B

Alternative title

1. Almanack and ephemeris for the year of our lord 1793

Subject

1. Almanacs, American
2. Pennsylvania
3. Almanacs, American > Pennsylvania
4. Black author
5. Booksellers' catalogs > Pennsylvania > Philadelphia
6. Almanacs > Pennsylvania > 1793

Call number

1. Sc Rare 317-B (Banneker's almanack and ephemeris for the year of our Lord 1793)

Note

1. Signatures: [A]⁴ B-G²⁻⁴ H²
2. The anatomy on p. [3] is the only illustration.
3. "American editions of the following books may be had of Joseph Crukshank, No. 87 High Street, between Second and Third Streets, Philadelphia."--Bookseller's catalogue, p. [45]-[48].

Indexed in (note)

1. New York Public Library. Dictionary catalog of the Schomburg Collection of Negro Literature & History. Boston: G. K. Hall.
2. Drake, M. Almanacs of the United States
3. English short title catalogue
4. Evans, C. American bibliography

Author

1. Banneker, Benjamin, 1731-1806, author.

Title

1. Banneker's almanack, and ephemeris for the year of our Lord 1793 : being the first after bissextile or leap-year: containing the motions of the sun and moon; the true places and aspects of the planets; the rising and setting of the sun; rising, setting, and southing of the moon; the lunations, conjunctions, and eclipses; and the rising, setting, and southing of the planets and noted fixed stars.

Imprint

1. Philadelphia : Printed and sold by Joseph Crukshank, no. 87, High-Street, [1793?]

Type of content

1. text

Type of medium

1. unmediated

Type of carrier

1. volume

Series

1. In his Works, B

Indexed in:

1. New York Public Library. Dictionary catalog of the Schomburg Collection of Negro Literature & History. Boston: G. K. Hall., v. 1, page 741, column 1, row 7
2. Drake, M. Almanacs of the United States, 10324.
3. English short title catalogue, W22537
4. Evans, C. American bibliography, 24071.

Local note

1. The Schomburg Center's Manuscripts, Archives & Rare Book Division's copy is one of the items added to the collection (August 10, 1931 -- G.K. Halls) during Catherine A. Latimer, were the collection librarian & Curator. Imperfect: disbound, lacks the NYPL's bookplate of "Arthur A. Schomburg Negro Collection," that's associated with books from that period, treated, each leaves encapsulated or reinforced with Japanese tissue paper, rebound in blue cloth over boards library binding, and gilt spine.
2. Also available on microfilm, Schomburg Center's researchers restricted to the microform copy in Sc Micro R-803 [pt. 2].

Connect to:

1. Internet Archive digital copy
2. Request Access to Special Collections Material

Local subject

1. Black author.

Place of publication

1. United States Pennsylvania Philadelphia.

Added author

1. Latimer, Catherine, 1896-1948 curator.

Research call number

1. Sc Rare 317-B (Banneker's almanack and ephemeris for the year of our Lord 1793)
2. *KSA (U.S. Banneker's almanack and ephemeris for the year ...)