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.
Contributors: Bradford, William, 1663-1752.
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
Format: Microform
Number of pages: 24
Subjects: Franklin, Benjamin, -- 1706-1790.
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.

Microfiche. [New York : Readex Microprint, 1985] 11 x 15 cm. (Early American imprints. First series ; no. 4374).