Kite's town and country almanac, for the year 1815. Being the third after bissextile, or leap year. Calculated by William Collom.

ID 20916
Title Kite's town and country almanac, for the year 1815. Being the third after bissextile, or leap year. Calculated by William Collom.
Contributors
Signed Author Calculated by William Collom
Pseudonym
Firms
Self-published No
Volumes 1
Pagination 48, 12
Date of Publication 1814
Edition Statement
Edition Number 1
Date of First Publication 1814
Imprint Printed for Benjamin and Thomas Kite, no. 20, North Third Street. Lydia R. Bailey, printer
Colophon
Copyright Statement
Location of Printing Philadelphia US
Format
Length (cm) 20
Width (cm)
Price (pound)
Price (shilling)
Price (pence)
Total Price (in pence)
Non-UK Price
Genre
Sources
Shelfmarks
  • AAS 300290
Notes AAS notes: Signatures: [A]² B-D⁶ E⁴; A⁶.
Title vignette, showing the classical Centre Square pump house of the Philadelphia waterworks, built in 1799, which continued to serve the famous new waterworks constructed at Fairmount in 1815. The almanac appeared henceforth with this vignette until its final issue for 1831.
The Anatomy is the only other illustration.
"B. & T. Kite, no. 20, North Third Street, Philadelphia, have for sale ..."--p. [48].
Last twelve pages contain publishers' advertisements, with extracts from several works.
Shaw, R.R. American bibliography,
Drake, M. Almanacs of the United States,
Nipps, K. Lydia Bailey,
Upgraded
American Antiquarian Society copy title leaf mutilated.
Hand-Verified No
Verified Yes
Attempted Verification No

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Collom, William. Kite's town and country almanac, for the year 1815. Being the third after bissextile, or leap year. Calculated by William Collom.The Women's Print History Project, 2019, title ID 20916, https://womensprinthistoryproject.com/title/20916. Accessed 2024-12-22. 

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  year={1814},
  title={Kite's town and country almanac, for the year 1815. Being the third after bissextile, or leap year. Calculated by William Collom.},
  publisher={Benjamin and Thomas Kite},
  address={Philadelphia},    }

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