Item #83201 Gemeinnütziger Kalender für Victoria auf das Jahr 1854. Matthias GOETHE.
Gemeinnütziger Kalender für Victoria auf das Jahr 1854
Gemeinnütziger Kalender für Victoria auf das Jahr 1854

Gemeinnütziger Kalender für Victoria auf das Jahr 1854

Melbourne, 'Morning-Herald' Office, 1854.

Octavo, [20] pages.

Blue wrappers, with the full title and imprint details repeated on the front cover (with the addition of a decorative border and the Australian coat of arms); wrappers lightly indented at the rear, and lightly foxed and creased; top corner lightly creased throughout; an excellent copy.

Ferguson 10024aa. For a similar item by Goethe, under the title 'Victoria's Deutscher Kalender ...', see Ferguson 17955 and 17956 (1855 and 1857); no other years seem to have been produced, and this 1854 publication would appear to be the earliest issue of this calendar. Although all and sundry on Trove describe this as a 'church calendar', the title translates (according to our elementary German anyway!) as 'the generally useful calendar' or 'the calendar of public benefit', and within its space limitations, it is just that. At the head of each monthly calendar are the phases of the moon and times of sunrise and sunset, and at the foot there is a 'Feld- und Garten-Kalender' (4-7 lines each month). There are numerous historical references (both national and international) on many of the days of the year, and five closely printed pages at the rear of the pamphlet contain a potted history of the colony (including a section on its separation from NSW), the nature of the land and agricultural pursuits. Well, at least the FINAL page is devoted to matters religious.

Item #83201

Price (AUD): $550.00

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