‎Almanach‎

‎ALMANAC‎

‎The Franklin Almanac for the Year 1845; Being the First Bessextile sic or Leap-Year and after the 4th of July the 70th Year of American Independence. Number XXVII by John Armstrong Teacher of Mathematics Miami University Ohio‎

‎Wheeling VA: Published by John J. Haswell bookseller and stationer; printed and sold by Johnston & Stockton Pittsburg 1844. 12mo. 24 leaves. Includes a biographical sketch of Benjamin Rush and a long article on "will making." Not in Drake Almanacs of the United States. Original printed wrappers somewhat soiled stitched; erosion in bottom margin not affecting text. Solid copy. One listing on OCLC AAS. <br/><br/> Published by John J. Haswell, bookseller and stationer; printed and sold by Johnston & Stockton, Pittsburg unknown books‎

Referenz des Buchhändlers : 50187

‎Almanac‎

‎The MASSACHUSETTS REGISTER And UNITED STATES CALENDAR; For the Year of Our Lord 1809 the Thirty-Third of American Independence.; Containing Civil Judicial Ecclesiastical and Military Lists in Massachusetts; Associations and Corporate Institutions for Literary Agricultural and Charitable Purposes. A List of Post-Towns in Massachusetts with the Names of the Post-Masters. Also Catalogues of the Officers of the General Government .‎

‎Boston: Published by John West & Co. and Manning & Loring 1808. 1st thus American Imprints 15557; Drake 3707. Original grey paper wrappers. Overall Abt VG - VG some wear to extremities/rear wrapper beginning to detach/period pos. 215 pp including Index. 12mo signed in 6s. 5-5/8" x 3-3/8" <br/><br/> Published by John West & Co. and Manning & Loring unknown books‎

Referenz des Buchhändlers : 26821

‎Almanac‎

‎THE NORTH-AMERICAN CALENDAR AND RHODE ISLAND REGISTER FOR THE YEAR OF OUR LORD 1782; AND BEING THE SECOND YEAR AFTER BISSEXTILE OR LEAP YEAR AND THE SIXTH OF AMERICAN INDEPENDENCE.CALCULATED FOR THE MERIDIAN OF PROVIDENCE IN NEW ENGLAND.ASTRONOMICAL CALCULATIONS BY THE INGENIOUS BENJAMIN WEST A.M.‎

‎Providence: Bennett Wheeler 1782. 40pp. 16mo. Self-wrappers stab-stitched. Slight browning. Overall very good. The present edition of the NORTH-AMERICAN CALENDAR. is most notable for its inclusion of the complete Articles of Confederation which had passed into law upon Maryland's agreement to ratify on March 1 1781. Published by Benjamin West noted astronomer and founder of what was to become the NEW ENGLAND ALMANAC produced on Providence's first printing press in 1762. Although most remembered for his astronomical skills and numerous almanacs West also worked fervently to supply the Continental army with clothes and later served on the faculty of Rhode Island College later Brown University. EVANS 17432. DAB XX pp.5-6. Bennett Wheeler hardcover books‎

Referenz des Buchhändlers : WRCAM28213

‎ALMANAC‎

‎Utrechtsche volks-almanak voor het jaar 1853.‎

‎Utrecht L.E. Bosch en Zoon 1852. Sm.8vo. Original printed boards. a.e.g. With lithographed frontispiece portrait and 3 tinted lithographed views. 172IV pp. Popular Utrecht almanac devoted to Utrecht regional histoty and culture. With fine views of De monnikenboom and 2 double-page views of t' Klooster der Carthuysers and Gouvernement te Utrecht. hardcover‎

Referenz des Buchhändlers : #[37279]

‎ALMANAC‎

‎Utrechtsche-schrijf-almanak voor het jaar . 1834 voorzien met de jaar- paarden- koeijen- schapen- varken- kaasmarkten enz. het vertekken en aankomen der posten en boden; het afvaren der veerschepen trekschuiten en stoomboten; en het afrijden en aankomen der diligence en postwagens in de provinciën Utrecht Holland Gelderland enz. Het haventij voor onderscheidene plaatsen in Nederland enz. Het op- en ondergaan der maan.‎

‎Utrecht Kemink en Zoon 1833. Sm.8vo. Contemporary green overlapping vellum. With woodcut profile of Utrecht on titlepage and folding table Nieuwe steede-wyzer. 25 lvs. Interleaved copy. With handwritten family information about Johannes Frederik Rijkhoff 1811 Jannetje Voorhorst 1807 and their children Christina Dorothea 1837 Albert 1839 and Jannette 1842 on last leaf. Including the departure times of the ferries towboats and steamboats. hardcover‎

Referenz des Buchhändlers : #[35988]

‎ALMANAC‎

‎Zeeuwsche volks-almanak voor het jaar 1842.‎

‎Zierikzee J. van de Velde 1841. Sm.8vo. Original printed boards. With coat of arms on title-page. With folding plate of the sun an moon eclips and 2 folding lithographed views of Sluis. C156 pp. hardcover‎

Referenz des Buchhändlers : #[37465]

‎Almanac French‎

‎ÉTRENNES MIGNONES CURIEUSES ET UTILES AVEC PLUSSIEURS AUGMENTATIONS & CORRECTIONS POUR L'ANNEE MIL SEPT CENT SOIXANTE-QUATORZE‎

‎Paris: Chez Claude-Jacques-Charles & Pierre-Francois Durand 1774. 108pp. plus two folding maps. 32mo. Contemporary red French morocco heavily decorated in gilt a.e.g. Trivial foxing to endleaves light tanning and minimal fraying to extended edges of folding maps otherwise a fine copy. First edition of this almanac beautifully bound from the Weston Library of the Earls of Bradford with the bookplate. Many of the text leaves are interleaved with elegantly engraved tables with decorative margins for recording profits and losses. Chez Claude-Jacques-Charles & Pierre-Francois Durand unknown books‎

Referenz des Buchhändlers : WRCLIT71107

‎ALMANAC 1865]‎

‎The Canadian Almanac and Repository of Useful Knowledge for the Year 1863 being the Third after Leap Year containing Full and Authentic Commercial Statistical Astronomical Departmental Ecclesiastical Financial and General Information. Header. Eighteenth Year of Publication‎

‎Toronto. W.C. Chewett & Co. 1864. 8vo. 23cm 991p. folding frontis map in the original blind decorated cloth gilt cover title near fine. N12. A detailed overview of the Province of Canada Canada West and Canada East shortly before Confederation. Interestingly the terms Upper Canada and Lower Canada were occasionally still used. The detailed map is of the lower part of Canada West southwestern Ontario in 1865 engraved by W.C. Chewett & Co. Toronto. The map contains a list of Railway Stations. and distances. Toronto. W.C. Chewett & Co. 1864 unknown‎

Referenz des Buchhändlers : 40702

‎Almanac Ames Nathaniel‎

‎An Astronomical Diary: Or Almanack for the Year of our Lord Christ 1764‎

‎Boston: Printed and Sold by R. and S.Draper ; Edes & Gill and Green & Russell in Queen-Street; and T. & J. Fleet at the Heart and Crown in Cornhill. i.e. Printed by Timothy Green Sold also by the booksellers 1763. 24pp. Stitched. 24pp. The preface by Ames includes a notice lauding the discoveries in electricity by Benjamin Franklin: "But since such surprizing sic discoveries have been made in Electricity by our COuntryman yea by our Bostonian the Honourable Benjamin Franklin Esq.; 'tis allowed that certain Bodies are able to defend against the Effects of Thunder and Lightning; and that very Doctrine so lately despised is now admired and the worthy Author of those New Discoveries justly had in the greatest Honor by all the polite & enlightened Nations of Europe . may the American Bards upon the Glassicord chant forth hi Honor for Generations to come."<br/><br/>The final leaf includes an advertisement for paper rags for a new papermill in Milton MA. Evans 9321; ESTC W22465 ; Drake M. Almanacs 3139 Printed and Sold by R. and S.Draper ; Edes & Gill, and Green & Russell, in Queen-Street; and T. & J. Fleet, at the Heart and Cro unknown books‎

Referenz des Buchhändlers : 319585

‎Almanac in German.‎

‎Nutzlicher Haus-Kalender oder der Richtige Bot aus das Jahr Christi 1824‎

‎Argau Switzerland: Jakob Diebold 1823. Very Good. 4to. 48 pp. Pictorial wrappers stitched as issued. Tables printed in black & red lower page corners folded some moderate edge wear a bit of foxing or staining. Well worn but generally very good with a few small tears along edges. An extremely scarce 1824 provincial Swiss Almanac well illustrated with curious woodcuts including an elaborate title-page border in the neo-classical style back cover depiction of the slaughter of the Greek patriarch a double-page fold-out plate of a castle in Baden small dirt stain at top and twelve emblematic woodcuts depicting astrological attributes of each month. Owing to the fact that only one other copy seems to have survived it is not surprising that we have been unable to locate reproductions of any of these woodcuts published elsewhere. The title-page woodcut appears to have been signed in the border the artist / engraved "Z. Morman." Several of the woodcut zodiac symbols are signed "Z."<br/><br/>Jakob Diebold a bookbinder took over the publication of this Haus-Kalender a.k.a. the Swiss "Baden Kalendar" from Heinrich Joseph Keiser sometime after 1808 during which time he ran both the bindery and the Baldinger printing press. Sales of the almanac under Diebold greatly improved largely due to the improving economic and intellectual conditions of Baden. This calendar contains a "Directory of school books children's writings and writing materials which are available from B.J. Diebold book printers and bookbinders in Baden." The almanac includes a report on the New Year i.e. 1824 a directory and covers a range of topics including chronology astronomy astrology and herbal medicine.<br/><br/>The ZB Zurich has scattered holdings of Diebold's publication namely: 1811-1812; 1819-1821; 1824 the present year 1825-1826; 1831; 1837; 1846. The Landesmuseum has three unrelated issues 1817-1819. Jakob Diebold unknown books‎

Referenz des Buchhändlers : 2966

‎ALMANAC OF PRINTING].‎

‎Matbuat almanagi 1934.‎

‎Very Good Turkish Cloth bdg. Cr. 8vo. (19 x 13 cm). In Turkish. [xxxii], 227 p., b/w plates. Matbuat almanagi 1934. Almanac of Turkish printing in the period of early Republican Turkey.‎

‎Almanac Russia]‎

‎St. Petersburger Calender auf das Jahr nach Christi Geburt 1815 melches ein gemeines Jahr ift von 365 Jagen gerichtet auf die bornehmiten Derter des Ruffifcher Reichs‎

‎St. Petersburg. bey der Raiferl. Ufademie der Biffenschaften.1814 1814. Soft cover. 8vo 19.4cm 1101p. including title with blank interleaves original plain pattern wrappers a fine copy tds. - A fine clean copy of this Russian almanac for 1814 containing much information on the climate demography leaders an events etc. St. Petersburg. bey der Raiferl. Ufademie der Biffenschaften.[1814] unknown‎

Referenz des Buchhändlers : 28746

‎ALMANAC –‎

‎Le Calendrier de la Cour tiré des Ephémerides . Pour l’annee Mil sept cent trente-neuf. Imprimé pour la Famille Royale et Maison de Sa Majesté‎

‎Paris: Jacques Collombat 1739. 36mo binding size 108 x 55 mm. 72 pp. a single quire of 36 leaves the first and last leaves mounted on the free endpapers and printed on visible sides only. Woodcut royal arms on title 2 astronomical woodcuts typographic moon symbols in calendar. Double rule page borders. Publisher’s case binding of olive morocco covers gold-blocked with very wide rocaille border Dutch-gilt free endleaves pastedowns removed gilt edges small loss to border of lower cover inner backstrip archivally reinforced some scuffing to lower cover.<br/> <br/> <br /> <p>A nice example of one of the longest published Parisian almanacs published without interruption from 1700 to 1792 and containing useful information for ladies and gentleman of the Court. Invented by the printer-publisher and typefounder Jean-Jacques Estienne Collombat 1668-1744 the Calendrier de la Cour became a familiar fixture of court life. These little books continued to be referred to as “Collombats†long after the printer’s death when their publication was continued by the printer Hérissant and later his widow. <br /> <br /> Printed in a very small but easily legible typeface designed by Collombat the calendar with its ephemerides uses numerous typographic astrological symbols which he only started using in 1730 when he was finally able to have small enough symbols designed and cast as he stated in his 1731 issue cf. Grand-Carteret. The remaining text contains information of interest to the Court: lists of officials and their various charges births and deaths throughout the European royal families prominent members of the clergy etc. At the end are tables of practical information: a table of proper expenses for various annual incomes from 10 to 100000 livres the age of the world or a table of wine prices by muid an ancient unit of measure used for liquids and grains. <br /> <br /> These almanacs were used by virtually all courtiers and ladies at Court and the bindings and cover materials reflected their owners’ ranks. The present pretty gold-blocked covers of fine material but relatively simple to produce and probably commissioned by the publishers would have been considered appropriate for an official or lady of relatively low standing. <br /> <br /> Cf. Grand-Carteret Les Almanachs français no. 92 and p. XLI.</p> Jacques Collombat unknown‎

Referenz des Buchhändlers : 2689d

‎ALMANAC)‎

‎Hamilton Brown Household Book‎

‎St. Louis: Hamilton Brown 1910. paperback. very good. Profusely illustrated catalogue with pictures of shoes. 8vo pictorial wrappers bound with string; light wear. St. Louis: Hamilton Brown Shoe Company 1910.<br/> <br/> An almanac of useful facts compiled by the Advertising Department of the Hamilton Brown Shoe Company.<br/> <br/> Hamilton Brown unknown‎

Referenz des Buchhändlers : 301308

‎ALMANAC, DUTCH — DAM, Dirk Jansz van (1705-1784)‎

‎D'erven Stichters comptoir almanach op't Iaar onses Heeren Jesu Christi 1753‎

‎Amsterdam: heirs of the widow of C. Stichter 1752. 8vo 158 x 95 mm. 48 pages. Printed in red and black throughout. Woodcut arms of Amsterdam on title. 12 half-page woodcuts in calendar. Interleaved and bound with 2 blank leaves at front and 72 at back. Annotated by a contemporary owner with a couple of stray notes on interleaves and a total of 70 pages of manuscript historical notes on the blank leaves at end one blank leaf almost detached. Contemporary plain green parchment over thin pasteboards flat spine large flap extending from lower cover the parchment of the upper cover not attached to upper fore-edge leaving a slot to insert the flap lower free endleaf backed in pasteboard and with folding leather-lined pieces at top and bottom attaching it to lower cover thus forming a wallet or envelope. <br /> <br /> Part almanac part blank book this useful volume is bound in a supremely practical wallet binding of a kind that was common once and is no doubt found in large numbers in historical collections but which surfaces rarely in the book trade. The slot in the front cover to insert the folding tab from the lower cover protected the volume from Dutch weather and the lower cover contains a pocket for loose papers or even money. <br /> <br /> The Amsterdam comptoir almanacs were issued yearly by successive members of the Stichter printing family from 1728 to the mid-19th century. Unlike their French counterparts these Dutch almanacs were generously proportioned being at least originally intended for the “counters†of merchants and businessmen rather than for gentlemen’s or ladies’ pockets. The calendars were always interleaved and the contents were standard: one page is devoted to each month containing a half-page woodcut above a blank space for notes on the recto and the monthly calendar on the verso. These woodcuts each with a tiny inset astrological sign show indoor and outdoor scenes: ice-sports in December and January a family huddled by the fire with boisterous children in the background in February tree-trimming and pruning in March gardening in April a pastoral scene with lovers in May sheep-shearing in June and so on. The blocks are here quite worn. <br /> <br /> Following the calendar are postal and transportation schedules by coach or ship 3 pages of astrological predictions and a short chronicle of the year 1734 someone forgot to update the sheets. <br /> <br /> The contemporary reader who used this almanac / notebook and whose hand seems feminine to me was a student of history. The first 16 and 1/2 pages at the beginning of the blank leaves contain a list of Roman emperors. Toward the end of the blank leaves are 32 pages on the succession of the Dukes of Flanders titled “Opvolgengen der Graven von Holland uit het Goudasche Kronyken.â€<br /> <br /> Short-Title Catalogue Netherlands 328765627. heirs of the widow of C. Stichter unknown‎

Referenz des Buchhändlers : 4464

‎Almanac, Old Farmeras‎

‎The Old Farmer's Almanac 2017 Engagement Calendar‎

‎Used - Good. Pages intact with minimal writing/highlighting. The binding may be loose and creased. Dust jackets/supplements are not included. Stock photo provided. Product includes identifying sticker. Better World Books: Buy Books. Do Good. unknown‎

Referenz des Buchhändlers : 55438043-6 ISBN : 1571987142 9781571987143

‎Almanac.‎

‎Agricultural Almanac for the Year 1881.‎

‎Square 8vo 6 3/4" x 8 1/2" original printed wrappers covers illustrated some other illustrations also included. Some fading and to front cover a little soiling here and there a couple of minor chips tears and folds at extremities or margins browning and aging; otherwise very good. The front wrapper indicates this is the 56th volume of this almanac which include more astrological material than your average almanac. This edition includes a short story about hostilities between two tribes of Indians. A calendar for 1881 is on the back cover. John Baer's Sons, books‎

Referenz des Buchhändlers : 102067

‎Almanac.‎

‎Agricultural Almanac for the Year 1888.‎

‎Square 8vo 6 3/4" x 8 1/2" original printed wrappers covers illustrated some other illustrations also included. A little soiling here and there a couple of minor chips at extremities or margins browning and aging; otherwise very good. The front wrapper indicates this is the 63rd volume of this almanac which include more astrological material than your average almanac. This edition includes a short story about the dogs of the St. Bernard's Hospice. John Baer's Sons, books‎

Referenz des Buchhändlers : 102069

‎Almanac.‎

‎Hostetter's Illustrated United Sates Almanac 1882.‎

‎Pamphlet 8vo blue -green wrappers illustrated. Wrappers slightly faded and soiled blue paper dot label on rear cover in the bottom margin usual corner folds slight soiling and staining; otherwise very good. Attractive almanac with the usual material but this one includes considerable medical advice. Also includes several sizeable wood engraved illustrations. Hostetter & Smith, books‎

Referenz des Buchhändlers : 102073

‎Almanac.‎

‎Phinney's Calendar or Western Almanac for the Year of Our Lord 1882…‎

‎Pamphlet 24mo 3 1/4" x 5 1/2" original printed wrappers stitched some ad pages. Front cover almost detached some soiling staining and browning last leaf with some tears and chips and with some text lost usual corner folds and minor chips; a decent copy. According to the title page this is the 85th edition of this almanac which is packed with considerable information. Contains the usual weather charts and astrological material but this one also includes a few ad pages. The notes and comments included cover everything from Christmas trees to the value of books. Willard A. Crockett, books‎

Referenz des Buchhändlers : 102064

‎Almanac.‎

‎Public Ledger Almanac 1883.‎

‎Pamphlet 8vo original illustrated wrappers 57 pp. Some wear and chipping to spine covers very slightly faded a little soiled occasional limited staining or soiling normal aging; about very good. The publisher informs the reader this is fourteenth installment of this almanac and it is distributed without cost. This almanac is a good reference for all the churches and services no matter what the denomination in Philadelphia. The rear cover has an illustration of the Public Ledger Building. Geo. W. Childs, books‎

Referenz des Buchhändlers : 102075

‎Almanac.‎

‎Williams' Calendar or the Utica Almanack for the Year of Our Lord 1828…‎

‎Pamphlet 12mo 4" x 6 /14" original printed wrappers stitched. Very browned and partially disbound a little insect damage mostly to margins of a few pages some staining and soiling usual chips and folds at extremities faint signature on title; still a respectable copy. While this almanac contains the usual horoscope material this one has a full page for each sign including a small wood engraved illustration of the symbol. Also includes a couple of pages of ads and a list of county officers for the state of New York. William Williams, books‎

Referenz des Buchhändlers : 102065

‎ALMANAC/EPHEMERA GASSER Achilles Pirmin.‎

‎THE FIRST COPERNICAN ALMANAC<br> THE EARLIEST VERNACULAR ANNOUNCEMENT OF COPERNICAN HELIOCENTRISM<br> SOLE KNOWN COPY <br> Practica auff das M.D.XLvj. jar/ durch Doctorem Achillem P. Gasser L. zu Feldkirch gemacht‎

‎4to. 20.5 x 15.4 cm 12 ff. With two title woodcuts of Mars and Luna. Patterned paper over boards with vellum spine; title-plaque on front cover; some expert reinforcement and minor repairs at gutter. Paper has even browning some faint waterstaining with marginal notations on one leaf.<br /><br /><p>The <b>s</b><b>ole known copy</b> of a prediction pamphlet <i>mein Almanac</i> Gasser calls it f12 recto for the year 1546 with <b>the first extended reference to Copernicus printed in a vernacular language German -- </b>an "enthusiastic hymn of praise" for the great astronomer Burmeister addressed not specifically to an international community of scholars but to lay readers of a humble German language almanac whose daily activities "revolve" around the sun. Gasser further acknowledges here heliocentrism as a "hypothesis… demonstratively proven among mathematicians" i.e. a physical fact – a stance virtually unique among astronomers who were generally cautious with their approbations of Copernicus' calculations and methodology in the early years on the road towards its gradual positive reception.</p><p>Achilles Gasser was intimately connected with the dissemination of heliocentrism through his patronage of Georg Rheticus Copernicus' student who initiated and oversaw the 1543 publication of <i>De Revolutionibus</i>. Gasser was one of very few recipients of the <i>Narratio Prima</i> intended to drum up support for Copernicus' work and wrote the preface to the 1541 edition of it. Gasser also owned a copy of <i>De Revolutionibus</i>Gingerich I.99 printed by Johann Petreiuswho not coincidentally also published the present pamphlet. Alongside Rheticus' <i>Narratio Prima</i> of 1540 and Gasser's preface to the second edition of that work in 1541 the <i>Practica</i> offered here represents one of the very earliest published expressions of support for Copernican heliocentrism in any language.</p><p>The extended reference to Copernicus appears in Gasser's dedicatory letter to Caspar Joachim Täntzl a Tyrolean nobleman and mine owner. Gasser takes pains to heap praise upon <i>the most learned and wonderful man Dr. Nicolaus Copernicus</i> who <i>away off in Prussia has taken up the task with such seriousness diligence and steadfastness that for the establishment and restoration of astronomy he has had to lay an utterly and completely new foundation unheard of before or rather has been compelled to posit hypotheses not employed by other scholars…namely that the Sun is a light for all creation and stands unmoved in the midst of the whole universe; that this earthly realm… variously courses round between the planets Venus and Mars. and thus has not only<b> demonstratively proven his theory among the mathematicians</b> and with great pains restored the portrait of Astronomy but has also immediately been regarded as having perpetrated a heresy and indeed—by many others incapable of understanding this matter—is already being condemned</i> see the complete Danielson translation of the epistle below.</p><p>Numerous scholars penned prediction tracts or almanacs in this era including another Petreius author Johannes Schöner; Gasser wrote one for each year from 1544 and 1547. He makes general predictions for the luckiest days of 1546 B4v—as well as specifics relevant for mine owners like Täntzl— for example the relative value of precious metals B3. Part farmer's almanac and part horoscope Gasser's predictions depend on the movement of celestial bodies. His investment in propagating the importance of heliocentrism in this seemingly modest tract should therefore come as no surprise.</p><p>According to Dennis Danielson in the article cited below Gasser also penned on the same day and year a Latin version of the present almanac with a different dedicatory epistle addressed in this case to Rheticus in which he urges the acolyte of the great astronomer to continue his efforts to prove the truth of the Copernican hypothesis. He tells the younger scholar in a manner of speaking that his job isn't finished yet and to get on with it. Several printed copies of this Latin version exist in German institutions but none in America.</p><p>Offered here a well-preserved <b>unique copy</b> of the earliest example of vernacular Copernican ephemera. This present sole known copy now recorded in VD16 as ZV 28055 with 'Martayan Lan New York' as the source was only 'discovered' in the late 1990s by the respected historian of science Karl Heinrich Burmeister through the late Zurich bookdealer Jörg Schäfer.</p><p><b>TEXT OF EPISTLE </b>folios 1v-2r</p><p>To the noble and worthy Caspar Joachim Tantzl of Tratzberg etc. his most gracious and beloved master Achilles Pirmin Gasser of Lindau doctor of natural and medicinal arts extends his willing service and best regards.</p><p>Noble worthy and gracious master Your Worthiness doubtless still remembers the disputation that you often engaged in with me not without exceeding amazement concerning astronomy while I was in your service in Schwatz last year and above all the conversation in which – with the help of a small book I had with me eventually to be printed – I expressed my desire for a large lodestone whereby the course of the Sun and also the disposition of the firmament which in the schools we call the Primum Mobile though we know not where of what it is would here on Earth be rendered calculable and thoroughly perceptible in such a way that no more defects so frequent until now should appear.</p><p>Moreover as I then indicated to Your Worthiness the greatest masters of this art have continuously for seventeen hundred years found the movement of the stars and planets rather incongruous and imperfect according to their instruments and calculations indeed even according to their daily experience. For this reason one after the other they always kept on hoping to adjust improve and remedy this situation by means of clever contrivances and ingenious speculations as is evident in Hipparchus Ptolemy Al-Zarqali Al-Bitrui Cusanus Regiomantanus and finally Werner with each on correcting the other now inventing new spheres then discarding the old ones and thinking up something else and on and on with no end of cycles epicycles and theoricae – until now so recently in our own day also the most learned and wonderful man Dr. Nicolaus Copernicus away off in Prussia has taken up the task with such seriousness diligence and steadfastness that for the establishment and restoration of astronomy he has had to lay an utter and completely new foundation unheard of before or rather has been compelled to posit hypotheses not employed by other scholars namely that the Sun is a light for all creation and stands unmoved in the midst of the whole universe; that his earthly realm together with the other three elements and the circuit of the Moon variously courses round between the planets Venus and Mars; and also that the heavens beyond Saturn in which are seen the fixed stars all together stand fast and unmoved with no other spheres encompassing them etc. and thus has not only demonstratively proven his theory among the mathematicians and with great pains restored the portrait of Astronomy but has also immediately been regarded as having perpetrated a heresy and indeed – by many others incapable of understanding his matter – is already being condemned.</p><p>Since now Your Worthiness has for the benefit of this art and sundry other things promised to extract and provide me with a large lodestone from your mine I have a good will to see progress in this matter and am moved to put these my <i>Practica </i>for the coming year 1546 into writing for as Your Worthiness has no meagre capacity in astrological predictions to make discriminations and record nature's signs – which however must be derived solely from the courses of the planets and their position or placement relative to the other stars – You may easily weigh how very necessary it is that he who can help advise and give impetus to such an undertaking should do so in order that it can actually be brought to fruition.</p><p>So I hoped to in particular that I might in part accomplish this by means of a large lodestone. I would like therefore to ask Your Worthiness to execute the specificied transaction and to be gracious to accept this my published dedication in your honour for I remain ever willing whenever I may to demonstrate to Your Worthiness my love and service. </p><p>May God in heaven be with us and likewise ever protect your noble and virtuous wife and dear children.</p><p>Feldkirch Monday 27 July 1545.</p><p>Burmeister "'Mit subtilen fündlein und sinnreichen speculierungen.'". Die 'Practica auff das M.D.XLvj. jar' des Achilles Pirmin Gasser im Umfeld zeitgenössischer Astrolgen" <i>Montfort</i> 55 2003; Danielson "Achilles Gasser and the Birth of Copernicanism<i>" Journal for the History of Astronomy</i> 35/2004 457-74.</p> J. Petreius hardcover books‎

Referenz des Buchhändlers : 4084

‎ALMANAC] for 1854‎

‎Scobie's Canadian Almanac and Repository of Useful Knowledge for the Year 1854 being the Second after Leap Year containing full and authentic commercial statistical astronomical ecclesiastical educational financial and GENERAL INFORMATION. The astronomical calculation which are suitable to every part of the British Provinces in North America have been made expressly for Canadian Almanc‎

‎Toronto. Hugh Scobie 16 King Street East; sold by R. Rosell. 1853. 8vo 22cm 88p. ads. many illustrated original grained plumb cloth red leather label a fine copy. Cdn. Started in Toronto in 1841 under the title: Scobie & Balfour's Canadian Almanac. T.P.L. 2871. Toronto. Hugh Scobie, 16, King Street East; sold by R. Rosell,... [1853] unknown‎

Referenz des Buchhändlers : 42000

‎Almanach‎

‎Allgemeiner Militär-Almanach Erster Jahrgang mehr nicht erschienen‎

‎1828. Darmstadt Leske 1828 kl.8° XXII 88 S. u. 276 S. mit 4 Porträt-Kupfern Halbleder-Einband der Zeit mit grünem Musterpapierbezug die Rückenkante vorne unten sowie hinten unbedeutend angeplatzt aber nichts lose innen stellenweise zart altersfleckig schöner alter Rundstempel der Bibliothek der Fürsten von Ysenburg und Büdingen auf Titelseite sonst gutes stabiles Exemplar aus fürstlichem Vorbesitz. Inhalt: Vorwort / Die neue Uniformierung Rüstung und Bewaffnung der königlich bairischen Armee ohne die 8 colorierten Kupfer / Kriegsverfassung und Militärstatistik Östreich u. Preußen / Beiträge zur Kriegsgeschichte der neueren Zeit / Biographische Skizzen ausgezeichneter Krieger die 4 Porträt-Kupfer zeigen: Eugen Herzog von Leuchtenberg Fürst Karl zu Schwarzenberg Graf Kleist von Nollendorf und Johann Baptist Kleber / Miscellen / Dichtungen von Julius Holm. Weite Bilder mailen wir gerne auf Anfrage. Abholung im Ladengeschäft in Frankfurt am Main Nordend ggü. Musterschule möglich. Das spart die Portokosten. Pickup at the store in Frankfurt am Main Nordend close to Musterschule is possible. It saves the shipping costs. unknown‎

Referenz des Buchhändlers : 11534AB