Rider's (1736.) British merlin : adorn'd with many delightful varieties and useful verities, for the year of Our Lord God 1736. It being the bissextile or leap year: fitted for all capacities within the islands of Great Britain and Ireland. Also chronological observations of principal use, with notes of husbandry, physick, fairs and math. Also directions and tables for many good purposes. Made and complied for his country's benefit / by Cardanus Riders.

Rider's British Merlin

London : Printed by E. and R. Nutt, for the Company of Stationers, 1736.

[48]p : ill. ; 14 cm (12À)

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English short title catalogue (ESTC), T44980

Great Britain -- England -- London.

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Purchase made possible by The Karen Gundersheimer Acquisitions Endowment. Ordered from: Christopher Edwards won at Bubb Kuyper auction "Auctioneers of Books, Fine Arts & Manuscripts", May 19 2021, Haralem, Netherands, Lot #2419 From dealer's description: "[Bindings]. 18th cent. gilt red mor. wallet binding, w. silver chiselled clasp and catch, both w. motif of vines and a crown, lavishly gilt overall pattern on both covers, consisting of a central coat of arms with motto "HONI SOIT QUI MAL Y PENSE" surrounded by borders with vines, flowers, birds and geometrical patterns, chintz endpapers, w. silver stylus along fore-edge in rings, a.e.g., sm. 8vo. - Upper joint sl. dam. and starting; folding flap restored along joints; endpaper in folding flap dam. ON: Rider, C. British Merlin: Adorn'd with many delightful Varieties and useful Verities, for the Year of our Lord God 1736 (...). London, Company of Stationers, 1736, (48)p. = Interleaved copy, w. scattered contemp. annots. SEE ILLUSTRATION PLATE LXVII."

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