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Banneker, Benjamin, 1731-1806.
Benjamin Banneker's / Pennsylvania, Dela-
ware, / Maryland and Virginia / almanack, /
and / ephemeris, / for the year of Our Lord, /
1794; / being the second after bissextile, or
leap-year, / and the eighteenth year of American
in- / dependence, which commenced July 4, 1776. /
Containing, the motions of the sun and moon, the
true / places and aspects of the planets, the
rising and setting of / the sun, and the rising,
setting and southing, place and age / of the
moon, &c. - the lunations, conjunctions, eclipses,/
judgment of the weather, festivals, and other re-
markable / days; days for holding the supreme and
circuit courts of the / United States, as also
the usual courts, in Pennsylvania, Dela- / ware,
Maryland, and Virginia. - Also, several useful
tables, / and valuable receipts. - Various selec-
tions from the Com- / monplace-book of the Ken-
tucky philosopher, an American sage, / with inter-
esting and entertaining essays, in prose and
verse - / the whole comprising a greater, more
pleasing, and useful va- / riety, than any work
of tho kind and price in North America. / "Through
her vast orb earth moves, with easy grace, /
"Around bright Phoebus, in unbounded space; /
"True to her course, th' impetuous storm derides,/
"Triumphant, o'er the winds and surging tides." /
double rule] /
Baltimore: Printed and sold, wholesale and retail,
by / James Angell, at his printing-office, in
Market- / street. // [1793]
12°. 18 cm. 1 illus.
Pages: [1], 2-20, 2 [!], 22-48.
No signatures.
Title-page enclosed by double rule.
Evans 25140.
MHi, MdHi.
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