Anno Regni Georgii II. Regis Magnae, Britanniae, Franciae, & Hiberniae, vicesimo quarto ... An Act for Regulating the Commencement of the Year; and for the Correcting the Calendar now in Use.
(Calendar Act of 1750).
New London: Timothy Green, 1752.
Price:
$950.00
About the item
First American edition. [2], 6, [24]pp. Folio. Stitched, trimmed close, void with minor losses to the terminal two leaves. Bristol B1566; ESTC W36114.
Item #378086
The first American edition of the Calendar Act of 1750, which converted Great Britain's use of the Julian calendar to the more widely-used Gregorian calendar, thus moving the first day of the year from March 25 to January 1, beginning in January 1752. The statute further affiirmed that in 1752 eleven days between September 2 and September 14 would be skipped to account for the divergence between the two calendars, thus correctly aligning the date of Easter with the Spring Equinox.
Very rare, with only two examples located by ESTC (John Carter Brown Library and the Connecticut State Library).
