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  • Descriptive Summary
  • Access Restrictions
  • Publication Rights
  • Preferred Citation
  • Acquisition Information
  • Scope and Content of Collection
  • Indexing Terms

  • Descriptive Summary

    Title: English Almanacs
    Dates: 1772
    Collection number: Mss 261
    Collection Size: 0.2 linear feet (1 half-size document box)
    Repository: University of California, Santa Barbara. Library. Dept. of Special Collections
    Santa Barbara, CA 93106
    Abstract: The collection contains twelve printed English almanacs, all dated 1772, bound together in one volume.
    Physical location: Del Sur.
    Languages: English

    Access Restrictions

    None.

    Publication Rights

    Copyright has not been assigned to the Department of Special Collections, UCSB. All requests for permission to publish or quote from manuscripts must be submitted in writing to the Head of Special Collections. Permission for publication is given on behalf of the Department of Special Collections as the owner of the physical items and is not intended to include or imply permission of the copyright holder, which also must be obtained.

    Preferred Citation

    English Almanacs. Mss 261. Department of Special Collections, Davidson Library, University of California, Santa Barbara.

    Acquisition Information

    Purchase, 2009.

    Scope and Content of Collection

    The collection contains twelve printed English almanacs, all dated 1772, bound together in one volume. Included are Remarkable News from the Stars: Or, an Ephemeris for 1772 (by William Andrews); The Gentleman's Diary; The Ladies Diary: Or Woman's Almanack; Vox Stellarum: Or A Loyal Almanack; Merlinus Liberatus (by John Partridge); Parker's Ephemeris; The Celestial Diary (by Salem Pearse); Poor Robin; The English Apollo (by Richard Saunders); Speculum Anni (by Henry Season); ... an Almanack ... (by Tycho Wing); and The Celestial Atlas (by Robert White).
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    Indexing Terms

    The following terms have been used to index the description of this collection in the library's online public access catalog.
    Almanacs, English.