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Title: Annotations on Gadbury's Ephemerides.
Alternative Title: Gadbury, John, 1627-1704. Ephemerides of the celestial motions and aspects, eclipses of the luminaries, & c. for XX years. London: Printed by J. Macock ..., 1680.
Creator: Willmot, John.
Gadbury, John, 1627-1704
Contributor: Jego, Anthony, born 1685, former owner.
Doben, William, former owner.
Date Created and/or Issued: 1682-1727.
Contributing Institution: UCLA, William Andrews Clark Memorial Library
Collection: Early Modern Annotated Books from UCLA’s Clark Library
Rights Information: Public Domain
Material in the public domain. No restrictions on use.
Description: Scope/Content: Manuscript annotations in printed book.
Scope/Content: Manuscript annotations by a contemporary owner, likely John Willmot, in a copy of Gadbury's Ephemerides. Annotations include notes on various eclipses that he viewed (including one in July 1684 that he saw from Taunton) as well as his observations on various weather phenomena and several different earthquakes. Annotations are quite copious until in May 1698, after which point they become much less frequent. The printed text is followed by several pages of chronological observations of celestial and meteorological phenomena from 1673-1727. It appears likely that John Willmot is the author of all of these annotations, as his hand is somewhat similar; his 1711 ownership inscription was either made later in his ownership, or his annotations were made retroactively, recording information from an earlier diary.
Condition: Bound in contemporary sprinkled calf, very worn and damaged with traces of metal clasps. "IW" blind stamped on both front and back covers. Housed in modern orange cloth case.
Type: text
Form/Genre: Diaries--England--17th century.
Annotations (Provenance)--England--17th century.
Annotations (Provenance)--England--18th century.
Extent: [572] pages, bound; 20 cm
Identifier: ark:/21198/n16w29
QB7 .G12 1680 *
Language: English
Subject: Astronomy--England--17th century.
Ephemerides--17th century.
Weather--17th century.
Gadbury, John, 1627-1704.--Ephemerides of the celestial motions and aspects, eclipses of the luminaries, & c. for XX years.--1680.
Place: England.
Provenance: Bookseller description (labeled "Quaritch 1950" in pencil) on front paste-down endpaper. "Anthony Jego his hand and pen" and "John Willmot, his Book, anno Dom 1711, When friends are dead and money spent, then Learning is most Excellent" inscribed in different hands on front free endpaper. "E. Libris Johanno Willmot" inscribed on title page. At foot of page for July 1685, "Anthony Jego nat 25th." In same hand as most annotations, recorded several births: "James Salter born 20th day" (at foot of page for September 1691), "Mis Dorathy Powell borne March 5th at 2h 30m Pm 1694" (at foot of page for March 1694), "Jone Sealy nat Feb: 4th 1695" (at foot of page for February 1695), "Francis Fry Junior borne 29th between 5&6 at night" and "the Daughter of Mich. Fewill borne January the 3d" (on pages for January 1697). "William Doben His Book August 12 1748" inscribed on final blank page. "IW" blind stamped on both front and back covers.
Location: CLUW

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