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Title

Authors

• Rittenhouse, David, 1732-1796,

Call number

Alternate identifiers

• bibid: 9962872233503681
• http://hdl.library.upenn.edu/1017/d/medren/6287223

Publisher

Summary

Octavo bifolium from a manuscript almanac otherwise unknown in manuscript or print, comprising a page titled An ephemeris of the planets motions 1747; an almanac page for January; and two pages of discussion of the eclipses during the year, for the latitude of Philadelphia. The eclipse pages are decorated with three lunar faces drawn in ink and tinted with ink or watercolor.

Provenance

• Attribution to David Rittenhouse in a later hand in pencil (left margin, verso).
   
• Sold at auction at Bonham's (New York), 22 October 2014, lot 49.
   

Subjects topical

• Almanacs, American--Pennsylvania--Philadelphia
• Astronomy--Early works to 1800
• Astrology--Early works to 1800
• Planets--Ephemerides--Early works to 1800

Genres

• Almanacs
• Pen-and-wash drawings
• Tables (documents)
• Manuscripts, American--18th century

Licenses

• Text

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