ΑΝ ALMANACK For the Year of Christian Accouns 1694 And from the Creation of the World 5661. But by Keplas Computation 5687. Being the second after Leap-Year, The Epact is 14. Golden Number 4. and Dominical Letter G. Containing Matters Necessary and ufeful, chiefly accomodated to the Lat. of 40 Degrees, but may without fenfible Error forve the Places adjacent, from Newfound-Land to the Capes of Virginia. By Daniel Leeds, Philomat A Motto. taught by the Sons of Uranid. If to be born unter Mercury difpofeth us to be witty, and under Jupiter to be wealthy, we do n't ome Thanks unto them, bur unto that Merciful Hand that ordered our indifferent & uncertain Nativities unto fuck benevolent Aspects.. Printed and Sold by William Bradferd at the Bible in New-York, 1694.. EXHIBITED AT THE GROLIER CLUB IN COM- NEW-YORK, APRIL 14 TO 21, 1893 New York. 1893. INTRODUCTION. The "art and mystery of printing," as old Bradford calls it, was introduced by him into New-York in 1693. September 10 of that year being the date of the first semi-annual warrant issued for the payment of his salary as "Printer to their Majesties King William and Queen Mary for the Province of NewYork," the corresponding day in the preceding month of April is the accepted time of his permanent settlement in New-York. The present exhibition is designed to commemorate this anniversary. In the numerous specimens of the first Bradford's press here assembled an effort has been made to present an example of every year of his work as a printer in this country, and in so doing to select from the material available a collection which would include the most important works produced by him. To this have been added examples of nearly all the other printers of New-York before the Revolution. These are not only illustrative of the progress of the art during the colonial period, but, in a measure, are a tribute to Bradford's influence in New-York, as they are to a considerable extent the after-work of the apprentices whom he inducted into the craft. Zenger, whose name is inseparable from the history of the liberty of the press; Parker, the best New-York printer of his time; and De Foreest, Bradford's successor, were among these. Bradford's connection with Pennsylvania as her first printer and as the progenitor of a family located there from which has sprung more than one man of national repuțe, renders a representation of the issues of the press in that province also appropriate. For nearly the same reasons New Jersey is included; and as Delaware was then legally but an appanage of Pennsylvania, the title of the exhibition has been made to include printing in the middle colonies. The exhibition has been still further varied by the addition of two cases of books not relating to Bradford. The first of these illustrates the printed history of New Netherland and New-York while under Dutch and English rule. The second is illustrative |