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A nineteenth-century print based on Poor Richard's Almanack, showing the author surrounded by twenty-four illustrations of many of his best-known sayings. On December 28, 1732, Benjamin Franklin announced in The Pennsylvania Gazette that he had just printed and published the first edition of The Poor Richard, by Richard Saunders, Philomath. [4]
Deventer Almanak; Encyclopædia Britannica Almanac (not the Yearbook, which is an annual update to the multi-volume encyclopedia; the almanac is a standalone publication) Enkhuizer Almanak (founded in 1595, and the oldest known copy of it dates back to 1596) Farmers' Almanac (1818–present)
Old Moore's Almanack is an astrological almanac which has been published in Britain since 1697.. An almanac (also spelled almanack and almanach) is a regularly published listing of a set of current information about one or multiple subjects. [1]
The cover of the 1793 edition. The first Old Farmer's Almanac, then known as The Farmer's Almanac, was edited by Robert Bailey Thomas, the publication's founder. [6]There were many competing almanacs in the 18th century, but Thomas's book was a success. [6]
The World Almanac and Book of Facts is a US-published reference work, an almanac conveying information about such subjects as world changes, tragedies, and sports feats.It has been published yearly from 1868 to 1875, and again every year since 1886.
The New York Times Almanac (NYTA) was an almanac published in the United States. [1] [2]There were two separate and distinct series of almanacs by this name. The first was originally published in 1969 by New York Times Books as the 1056 page The New York Times Encyclopedia Almanac 1970.
Poor Charlie's Almanack is a collection of speeches and talks by Charlie Munger, compiled by Peter D. Kaufman.First published in 2005 (ISBN 1-57864-303-1), it was released in an expanded edition (ISBN 1-578-64501-8) three years later.
Titan Leeds (1699–1738) was an 18th-century American almanac publisher.. Titan Leeds was a Philadelphia-based publisher of The American Almanack. He was mentioned as a "good friend and fellow student" of Benjamin Franklin in Franklin's rival publication Poor Richard's Almanack.