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Hardcover. Condición: Fair. 1st Edition. 12mo, pp48 with blanks throughout and a further 36 blank pages split to front and rear of book, some of which have old handwritten notes. Hardcover no dust jacket, housed in clamshell box. Small brown buckram covered clamshell box with gilt titles to spine in near fine condition. Early binding of full brown calf in fair condition with most of spine missing leaving front board a little loose and rubbing to edges and boards. Inside pages in good condition considering age, with a little yellowing and some ink transfer to text from hand written notes. Rider's almanac first appeared in 1656 "compiled for the benefit of his country" by "Schardanus Rider" believed to be an anagram of the name of physician and astrologer Richard Saunders (1613-1675) this copy is very early edition published in Saunder's lifetime. Scarce.