Comptoir Almanach, ofte Journael, op 't Jaer ons Heeren Jesu Christi duysent ses-hondert vier-en-vyftich. Geralculeert na den nieuwen ende ouden stijl, op den meridiaen der Nederlanden. Mitsgaders een nieuwe prognosticatie ... .
- Date:
- Anno 1654
- Books
About this work
Description
Printed content includes a woodcut, with explanations, of the Zodiac Man, the mediaeval correlation of parts of the body with zodiacal names; notes on the seasons (illustrated with woodcut personifications); boat schedules; and orders for changing the time on the port clocks of Amsterdam and Haarlem during the course of the year. Adapted from the description by Leo Cadogan Rare Books Ltd.
Publication/Creation
t'Amsterdam Gedrukt by Gillis Joosten, Boeck-drucker woonend[e] in de nieuwe-straet Anno 1654.
Physical description
16 unnumbered leaves illustrations 20cm (4to)
Contributors
Notes
Signatures: A-D4.
Title page and text printed in red and black ink.
Each page printed within a frame.
Interleaved copy.
Ownership note
Bookplate for "Bibliothèque V or Quénescourt" pasted on front wrapper along with handwritten initials "s.h.e.".Handwritten additions where a former owner has written the number of dead ("dooden") on the interleaved blank page opposite the calendar for the following days: 3 January, 27 dead, 10 January, 28 dead, 17 January, 16 dead, 7 February, 30 dead, 14 February, 21 dead, 21 February, 26 dead, 1 August, 31 dead.
Binding detail
Bound in vellum wrappers, wallet-flap to back cover and long-stitch to spine.
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Where to find it
Location Status Access Closed storesEPB/B/69395