New South Wales Pocket Almanack, for the Year of Our Lord 1815;

Being the third after Bissextile, or Leap Year; and the fifty-fifth of the Reign of His Present Majesty King George the Third. Published under the Sanction and Patronage of His Excellency the Governor and Commander in Chief. Sydney : Compiled and Printed by G. Howe, Government Printer, [1815]. Duodecimo (155 x 95 mm), later half black morocco over marbled papered boards, spine in contrasting calf lettered in gilt; pastedown with ex libris of G. & N. Ingleton and gift inscription from Geoffrey Ingleton to his son Nicholas Ingleton; pp. [2] (title-leaf, verso blank), 1-32, [2] (blank); addenda slip bound in after the title; some staining and expert repair at lower margin of title, first two leaves trimmed slightly; clean throughout, a very good example.

A rare Macquarie-era imprint, compiled and printed by the first government printer, George Howe.

The almanac includes A Table, for finding the Time of High Water at Sydney, every Day throughout the Year; lists of the colony’s civil and military establishments; and Vessels Arrived & Departed during the year 1814.

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