The Oxford almanack for the year of our Lord God 1673 : being from the creation of the world 5622 - the building of Lond. by Brute. 2780 - the build. of Oxf. by Memprick 2730 - the institution of the New Style 91 - the bissextile, or leap-year 1 - the Julian period 6836 - calculated for the meridian of Oxford where the pole is elevated 51.41 / [compiled by Maurice Wheeler].

  • Wheeler, Maurice, 1647 or 1648-1727.
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The Oxford almanack for the year of our Lord God 1673 : being from the creation of the world 5622 - the building of Lond. by Brute. 2780 - the build. of Oxf. by Memprick 2730 - the institution of the New Style 91 - the bissextile, or leap-year 1 - the Julian period 6836 - calculated for the meridian of Oxford where the pole is elevated 51.41 / [compiled by Maurice Wheeler]. Public Domain Mark. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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[Oxford] : Printed at the Theatre, 1673.

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24 leaves ; 13 cm (12mo).

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References note

Madan 2957.
Wing A2676.
Capp p. 383.
ESTC R28280
Wing (CD-ROM, 1996), A2676

Notes

First section is interleaved.
Title page in red and back.
Rubricated.
Attributed by Wing to Maurice Wheeler a minor canon of Christ Church and rector of St Ebbe's in Oxford.
First and only issue of Oxford Almanac after the 3 that appeared in 1637 and the single-sheet almanacs. The Company of Stationers bought the rights and destroyed most of the edition of 30,000 copies to protect their monopoly.
Copy 1 Supplier: Roger Gaskell Rare Books Note: Cropped - affecting signatures and rule borders. Binding: Recent roan, gilt panelled sides. Provenance: Contemporary annotations concerning the will of Robert Buckley on blank leaves bound at end. Edwin Clarke (1919-96).

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