This lot consists of the antique Dutch almanac "Almanach d'Erven Stichters Comptoir Op't Jaar onses heeren Jesu Christi 1787" by Meyndert Van Dam (Amsterdam: by De Erfgen, can de Wed. C. Stichter, [1786]).

Meyndert Van Dam was a 17th century Dutch mathematician and astronomer. He published over 230 almanacs in his life, recording solar, lunar, and tidal phases, as well as livestock markets and the traffic of cargo ships and trekvaarten (Dutch horse-drawn passenger boats).

This almanac is bound in marbled paper wrappers. The title page and text are printed in red and black. Woodcut vignettes appear on the title page and throughout the text, with one woodcut illustration for each month of the year. At the rear of the volume are records of Haarlem clock settings and a list of bonds.

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The marbled wrappers of this volume are mildly soiled and faded, with minor edge wear and creasing to the spine. The binding is sound. The interior is generally clean and bright, with occasional very mild foxing.