[Almanac]. Rider, Cardanus.

Rider's British Merlin for 1739 with Notes of Husbandry, Fairs, Marts and Tables for Many Necessary Uses.

London: R Nutt, 1739. Original edition. Full Leather, gold stamped front and back. 12mo., pp. 60, original, period red leather cover with gold embossing and remnants of a lock; unusual hand block printed endpapers. Good. Item #9676

Contains gardening hints for the year, eclipses, beer measures, holidays, notable days in history, wage and interest tables, geographical description of the world, descriptions of the highways and dimensions in Great Britain, and a calendar of the fairs for the year. An interesting glimpse of English life in the 18th century. All in all, a lovely, collectible almanac, and one of the earliest editions currently available.

Price: $350.00