[ALMANACS] THE LADIES DIARY OR WOMAN'S ALMANACK 1770-1779 TEN PARTS IN ONE
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[TIPPER, JOHN]. The Ladies' Diary: or Woman's Almanack for the Year of our Lord 1770 [-1779]. Being the Bissextile, or Leap-Year. Containing New Improvements in Arts and Sciences, and many Entertaining Particulars: Designed for the Use and Diversion of the Fair-Sex. [London] : Printed by J. and H. Hughs: for the Company of Stationers, 1770-1779.
First editions. Ten parts in one. Leather-bound. Hardcover. Duodecimo (170 x 100 x 35 mm). Pp. 48; 48; 48; 48; 48; 48; 48; 48; 48; 48. English text. Bound in contemporary quarter leather, paper title label to spine, marbled paper-covered boards. Title-pages printed in red and black with portrait vignettes. Text in red and black. Tables, charts and diagrams in the text throughout. Condition: FAIR to GOOD. Collated complete, although the bottom half of the title-page to the year 1778 is missing. Binding secure with the hinges intact, the covers somewhat rubbed and worn. Interior showing mild toning, each title-page with a duty stamp in the bottom right corner. One or two small inked notes in the margins.
Notes: A scarce collection of 10 almanacs - a complete run of The Ladies' Diary: or Woman's Almanack through the years 1770 to 1779.