Father Abraham's almanack, (on an entire new plan.) For the year of our Lord, 1759.
Subtitle: ... To which is added, an exact and nice representation of His Majesty the King of Prussia, done on a folio copper plate ... Likewise, an exact plan of Louisbourg, with a succinct account ...
By: By Abraham Weatherwise, gent.
Contributors: Weatherwise, Abraham.; J. M.; Dawkins, Henry, d. 1786?
Series: Early American imprints -- no. 8282.
Publisher: Printed by and for H. Gaine, at the Bible & Crown, in Hanover-Square; where may be had Hutchins's, and the New-York pocket-almanack, greatly enlarged, for 1759.
Published: 1758
Place of publication: New-York
Language: eng
Format: Microform
Number of pages: 40
Subjects: Frederick -- II, -- King of Prussia, -- 1712-1786 -- Portraits.; Louisbourg (N.S.) -- History -- Siege, 1758.; Louisbourg (N.S.) -- Maps.
Genres: Maps.
Notes: Identical in typography and contents, except for the imprint, with the almanac of the same title published at Philadelphia by William Dunlap. The series was continued by Dunlap but not by Gaine. Gaine's almanac, probably printed at Philadelphia, was not advertised in his New York Mercury.

Signatures: A-E⁴.

Parentheses substituted for square brackets in title transcription.

Frontispiece signed "H.D." (probably Henry Dawkins). The portrait has legend: "Frederick the Third [i.e., Second] the great king of Prussia. J.M. ae. 14 sculp. 1758. Sold by J. Turner in Arch Street Philadelphia." The map is of the seige of Louisbourg. The other cuts are the Anatomy and calendar page illustrations.

Evans 8282.

Drake, M.  Almanacs, 5715.

Microfiche. [New York : Readex Microprint, 1985] 11 x 15 cm. (Early American imprints. First series ; no. 8282).