Poor Robin 1690. An almanack of the old and new fashion. Wherein the reader may see (if he put on a pair of understanding spectacles) many remarkable things worthy of his choicest observation. Containing a twofold kalendar; viz. the Julian, English, or old account, and the roundheads, fanaticks, paper-scull'd, or maggot-headed new account, with their several saints-days, and observations upon every month. Being the second after bissextile or leap-year. Written by Poor Robin, knight of the Burnt-Island, a well-willer to the mathematicks.

Poor Robin 1690. An almanack of the old and new fashion. Wherein the reader may see (if he put on a pair of understanding spectacles) many remarkable things worthy of his choicest observation. Containing a twofold kalendar; viz. the Julian, English, or old account, and the roundheads, fanaticks, paper-scull'd, or maggot-headed new account, with their several saints-days, and observations upon every month. Being the second after bissextile or leap-year. Written by Poor Robin, knight of the Burnt-Island, a well-willer to the mathematicks.

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Author / Creator:	Winstanley, William, 1628?-1698.
Edition:	The eight and twentieth impression. Licensed, Rob. Midgley.
Imprint:	London : printed for the Company of Stationers, 1690.
Description:	[48] p.
Language:	English
Series:	Early English books, 1641-1700 ; 2088:1.
Subject:	Almanacs -- Early works to 1800. Predictive astrology -- Early works to 1800. Astrology -- Early works to 1800. Ephemerides -- Early works to 1800.
Format:	Microform E-Resource Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/5179313

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Varying Form of Title:	Poor Robin, 1690. A prognostication for the year of our Lord God 1690.
Notes:	Poor Robin = William Winstanley. Title page and calendar in red and black. Signatures: A-C. "Poor Robin, 1690. A prognostication for the year of our Lord God 1690" has separate dated title page; register is continuous. With an advertisement on C8v. Copy has print fade on title page, affecting legibility. Reproduction of the original in the Bodleian Library, Oxford. Wing (2nd ed., 1994) A2209. Available electronically as part of Early English books online. University of Chicago has also on microfilm. Ann Arbor, Mich. : UMI, 1991. 1 microfilm reel 35 mm. (Early English books, 1641-1700; 2088:1).

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