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The Lover's almanac, no. 1 : --Containing--besides what is common in the best Virginia almanac, a very seasonable and savoury dissertation on love, courtship, and matrimony--with a most enchanting flourish on beauty, admirably calculated to disclose those the most delectable and desirable of all secrets, how the homely may become handsome, and the handsome angelic! : And, secondly, how the single may become married, and the married, happy!! Exemplified in the history of Miss Delia D----, one of the brightest and loveliest of all the bright and lovely daughters of Virginia. : [Four lines of verse].

Other author/creatorWeems, M. L. (Mason Locke), 1759-1825.
Format Book and Microform
Publication InfoFredericksburg [Va.] : Printed by T. Green, for the Rev'd. M.L. Weems, [1798?]
Description48 unnumbered pages ; 17 cm (12mo)
Series Early American imprints. First series ; no. 34996
Early American imprints. First series ; no. 34996. ^A478749
General notePreface signed: M.L. Weems.
General noteProbably printed in 1798, as the calculations are for the year 1799. Bristol supplies 1799 as the date of publication.
General noteSucceeded by The Virginia almanac for 1800 and The Virginia & North Carolina almanac for 1800, both printed at Fredericksburg by Green for Weems.
General noteSignatures: [A-D]⁶.
References Evans 34996
References Bristol B10847
References Shipton & Mooney 48920
References Drake, M. Almanacs, 13862
Reproduction noteJoyner- Microfiche. [New York : Readex Microprint, 1985] 11 x 15 cm. (Early American imprints. First series ; no. 34996; 48920).
Genre/formAlmanacs Virginia 1799.

Available Items

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Joyner NC Microfiche MICROFICHE AM35E NO. 34996 ✔ Available
Joyner NC Microfiche MICROFICHE AM35E NO. 48920 ✔ Available