Bahamas' Almanac and Register for the year 1848, being Bissextile or leap year and the 11th & 12th of the reign of Queen Victoria.

PRINTED IN NASSAU

First edition, thus. 16mo. Contemporary half sheep boards, rebacked, "A.S Benson & Co." stamp to title-page. [ii], [1-4], 5-65, [1], xvii, [i] ,5-16, [8]pp. Printed by Authority, Bahamas, at the offices of the "Nassau Guardian", E.C. Mosely,

There are a few manuscript entries mentioning the brig Sarah Wood on the “memoranda” pages which face the monthly tabulated material, early owner's notes inside the cover regarding Tariffs, and mentioning the exchange rate ($4.80 to the pound). Individual sections contain a variety of information relating to the Bahamas including nine pages devoted to gardening. There are also entries pertaining to the whaling station at Turks Islands, with remedies for ailments and a list of the official residents both military and civil on the islands.

 

This copy appears to be unique, and may be the first of a new series. Similar almanacs are extant from the 1850s, of which there are just three copies of this Mosely version (all later) in OCLC. Earlier almanacs by different printers survive in three isolated examples. Printing began in Nassau in the late eighteenth century, but all issues from the island presses from various printers are extremely uncommon.

Stock Code: 210253