The American almanack for the year of Christian account, 1740
Subtitle: ... Fitted to the latitude of 40 degrees, and a meridian of 5 hours west from London, but may, without sensible error, serve all the adjacent places from Newfoundland to South-Carolina
By: By Titan Leeds, philomat
Edition: The second edition.
Series: Early American imprints -- no. 4374
Publisher: Printed and sold by Andrew Bradford, at the Sign of the Bible in Front-Street, near High-Street.
Published: 1739
Place of publication: Philadelphia
Language: eng
Number of pages: 24
Other titles: Genuine Leeds almanack.
Notes: The publisher's preface to the 1739 issue states that in 1738, in anticipation of his death, Leeds calculated almanacs "for seven years to come," i.e. 1739-1745. The statement is repeated in the present issue, signed W.B. and A.B. (William and Andrew Bradford).

The preface is followed by a supposed satiric letter from Leeds' spirit to Benjamin Franklin, the publisher of Poor Richard.

At head of title: Leeds coat of arms with scroll reading: The genuine Leeds almanack.

Advertised in the American weekly Mercury, Philadelphia, Oct. 25/Nov. 1, 1739.

Signatures: [A]⁴ B-C⁴.

The Anatomy is the only illustration in the text.

Evans 4374

Hildeburn, C.R. Pennsylvania, 602

Drake, M. Almanacs, 9613