The Nautical almanac and astronomical ephemeris, for the year 1808
Subtitle: Published in London by order of the Commissioners of Longitude
Edition: Sixth American impression. To be continued annually.
Series: Early American imprints -- no. 13171
Publisher: Printed by A. Blauvelt, and carefully revised by John Garnett. Price one dollar and twenty-five cents.
Published: 1807
Place of publication: New-Brunswick, New-Jersey
Language: eng
Number of pages: 144
Subjects: Nautical astronomy; Navigation; Handbooks, manuals; Tables
Notes: Garnett's introductory note to this issue, "here offered to the public," is dated April, 1805. His preface to his Tables requisite tobe used with the nautical ephemeris (New Brunswick, 1806) is dated October 11, 1806, and states that "The Nautical almanac and astronomical ephemeris [have] been printed in America from the years 1803 to 1809 [i.e., 1806?] inclusive."

The reprinted preface to the British edition, p. [iii-vi], is signed: Nevil Maskelyne, Astronomer Royal. Greenwich, March 1, 1804.

Folded leaf, unnumbered, unsigned, and printed on one side only, precedes title page.

Shaw & Shoemaker 13171

Drake, M. Almanacs, 5255

Microform version available in the Readex Early American Imprints series.