Perkins. : A new almanack, for the year of our Lord God 1696. Being the bissextile, or leap-year, and from the worlds creation, according to Sacred Writ, 5645 years. Composed and chiefly referred to the famous city of London; but (without sensible error) may serve for any other place in Great Britain. Adorned with a compendious chronology of things worth remembrance, since the creation to this present year; as also, the weather, the sun & moons rising & setting, with the high-wayes, &c. and many other useful things, proper for such a work. The like not extant by any other, being of general use for all men. Made and set forth by F. Perkins, student in the mathematicks.

London : Printed for the Company of Stationers, 1696.

[40] p. : ill. (woodcut) ; (8vo)

Title page and calendar in red and black.

Signatures: A-B⁸ C⁴.

Wing, D.G. Short-title catalogue of books printed in England, Scotland, Ireland, Wales, and British America, and of English books printed in other countries, 1641-1700 (2nd ed.), A2097
English short title catalogue (ESTC), R28252

Great Britain -- England -- London.

252- 594.5q

With: Parker, G. Mercurius Anglicanus; ... for the year of our Lord, 1696. London, 1696 and other 1696 almanacks. Collected volume has tipped in vellum markers between works. Tear at upper corner of gathering C, affecting text. Bound in contemporary dark brown goatskin with double gilt panel, a crest type ornament in each corner incorporating coronet, wings and unidentified monogram, an ornament in the center of the sides of the outer panel of two corner tools placed back to back and smaller ornaments at head and foot of outer panel. Gilt panel spine with crest type ornament, with binder's title: Almanacks MDCLXXXXVI. Provenance: inscription on front fly-leaf of collected volume: "J.G. Jones ..."; Sir John Gielgud copy; gift of Dr. Gail Kern Paster