AN ASTRONOMICAL DIARY, OR, AN ALMANACK FOR THE YEAR OF OUR LORD CHRIST, 1743.

Boston: Printed by John Draper,, [1742].. Early Ames Almanac An early almanac by one of the most prolific almanac makers in colonial America. Ames' run of almanacs predated Benjamin Franklin's Poor Richard series by eight years. Ames had a long and notable career, producing popular and highly-regarded almanacs for more than fifty years. Includes a three page essay on comets including their composition, head (or gas cloud), appearance, number, and effects, and a chart describing four notable comets between 1680 and 1718. Gathered signatures, stitched. Light tanning and soiling, some marginal chips and tears, just shaving a few numbers in one calendar leaf. Good plus. EVANS 4878. DRAKE 3069. ESTC W29756.