Newport [RI]: Printed by Solomon Southwick. 1774. 6 3/4 x 4 1/4. The title cut of this barely pre-Revolutionary War almanac is an elaborate woodcut of an astronomer seated behind a globe and looking through a telescope as two fanciful creatures fill the night sky. As if looking into the..... More
Boston: Gray and Bowen. Map dimensions: 8 ½ x 8.”. The American Almanac and Repository of Useful Knowledge was a Boston-based almanac published for the years from 1830 through 1862. Sabin describes it as “a compendious annual register… well worthy of being preserved as a book of reference.” This is..... More
Springfield, Mass: Art Photo Company [manufacturer]. 1932. 3 ½ x 5 ¼.”. An early eclipse-viewing apparatus on the occasion of the August 31, 1932 eclipse of the sun which crossed New England. The cardboard viewer has eye holes covered by a “Non-inflammable Filter.” The printed envelope for the “scope” features..... More
