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Bedeutendes Dokument des Dadaismus mit Dichtungen, Manifesten, Programmen, der berühmten "Chronique Zurichoise" von Tristan Tzara etc. Beteiligung bedeutender internationaler Dadaisten aus Berlin, Köln, Paris, Zürich, Holland u. Italien. Texte in Originalsprachen: deutsch, französisch, italienisch. Die abgedruckten Beiträge, ursprünglich für den "Dadaco" vorgesehen, geben nur einen kleinen Teil dieses nicht zustandegekommenen dadaistischen Handatlas wieder. Gutes Exemplar. - Dada Global 68. -
rif. 237874Paris, Laurent d'Houry, s.d. (1698) in-8, 27 pp. n. ch., pp. 28-96, 2 ff. de tarif des monnaies gravés, la partie calendaire a été interfoliée, vélin ivoire souple, dos orné d'un semé de fleurs de lys, décor à la Du Seuil sur les plats, fleurs de lys aux angles, 1698 dans un cartouche au centre des plats (reliure de l'époque). Pliure au premier plat.
1787rif. 14727Paris Bailly s.d. (1787) In-32 de 48 ff. maroquin brun de l'époque, dos muet orné d’une roulette dorée en long, encadrement de filets et dentelles dorées sur les plats, médaillon central représentant quatre enfants jouant à colin-maillard, tranches dorées, intérieur des plats revêtus de papier dominoté. (Nom manuscrit d’un ancien possesseur au verso de la page de titre).
rif. 7245Paris, d'Houry, 1782. In-8 (156 x 190 mm), 683 pp., 1 p. bl. Maroquin rouge aux armes, triple filet doré encadrant les plats, fleurs de lis dorées en écoinçons, larges armes dorées au centre des plats, dos à nerfs orné, coupes et coiffes décorées, dentelle intérieure dorée, gardes de moiré bleu, tranches dorées, petites griffures et discrètes restaurations au premier plat, petit manque sur une garde à la fin du volume, infimes rousseurs éparses (reliure de l'époque).
1774rif. 002778Londres, Chez L'éternel Jean Nourse, 1774
rif. 054588Paris Chez le Sieur Desnos 1772 in 12 (16x10,5) 1 volume reliure plein veau fauve marbré de l'époque, dos lisse très orné, pièce de titre de maroquin rouge, double filet doré d'encadrement sur les plats, tranches dorées, bien complet des 16 cartes gravées sur double page finement aquarellées à l'époque (16 hand-coloured double page maps, coloured detals include: parks, woods, rivers, towns and basic hachuring), et 17 feuillets vierges in fine, avec le petit étui cylindrique pour recevoir le crayon sur l'extrémité de la marge latérale externe à l'intérieur du premier plat. Contenant la Topog[ra]phie de l'Archev[è]ché et des differens endroits du Diocèse augmenté de Tablettes de papier nouveau sur lesquelles on peut écrire sans encre ni crayon avec une pointe quelconque... Détaillés de manière qu'on n'aura rien à y désirer. On y trouvera avec la plus grande exactitude les Routes, les Bois, les Montagnes, les Villages et les Hameaux, les Chateaux, Maisons de plaisance et particulière Avec une Cartes [sic] générale dont chaque carré indique celui du lieu que l'on désire. Ouvrage nécessaire à toures personnes employées à la Recette des Deniers Royaux et aux Habitans des Environs de la Capitale. Rare atlas de l'Almanach des Environs de Paris. Première édition. Bel exemplaire, complet et bien relié à l'époque ( Photographies sur demande / We can send pictures of this book on simple request )
1786rif. FLMma(AL49Paris: Debure 1786. 1786. 8vo. pp. 720. woodcut title vignette. full red morocco sides with triple gilt rule borders corner fleur-de-lys ornaments royal arms in centre spine richly gilt all edges gilt head of spine worn library rubberstamp on title. Hardcover. [Paris]: Debure, [1786]. Hardcover
1777rif. ABC_48241Middelburg: Jan Dane 1777-1780; P. Gillissen & Zn. 1785-1788 1790; W.A. Keel & Comp. 1791 1777. Contemporary gold-tooled red green or brown morocco with the coat of arms of Zeeland in a medallion in the centre of both boards a banderol underneath with the title both in an ornamental frame gilt or marbled edges gold-tooled board edges marbled endpapers in all except the first volume. 16mo. With an engraved emblematic frontispiece in each volume 18 folding engraved maps plans and views and 18 full-page engraved plates. 11 volumes. With the 1777 volume included twice. The second volume in contemporary beige printed wrappers with the coat of arms of Zeeland with the title on the front and the coat of arms of Middelburg with the imprint on the back. Rare near complete set of the famous Zeeland almanac which taught children the history of their province in a playful way by means of questions and answers. Zeelands chronyk-almanach was published from 1777 to 1792 with each volume focussing on a separate aspect of Zeeland such as geography the cities religion or the government. Also added to each volume is a part of a continuing extensive chronicle of Zeeland usually illustrated with folding plates. Present here are the volumes for 1777-1780 1785-1788 1790 and 1791-1792. The first volumes were published by Jan Dane but P. Gilissen took over after his death. The final volume which contains a summary of the chronicle published in the other volumes and a separate part with poems and short stories was published by W. A. Keel. The work further include a calendar information on the tides the times of the closing of the gates in the various towns of the province the dates of holidays and markets the times of departure of the ferries the magistrate in the various towns and the value of the various coins.The binding of the 1787 volume has been rubbed and the joints are somewhat weakened the bindings of the other volumes with only minor traces of use. The leaves are slightly browned and occasionally soiled or frayed some folding illustrations with false folds. Otherwise in good condition.l The childrens world of learning 2703; Nijhoff/Van Hattum no. 349n; STCN 172173019 172173094 172173221 172174864 172175852 172175976 172176115 172176204 172176433 172176484; Vries R.W.P. de no. 122. Jan Dane (1777-1780); P. Gillissen & Zn. (1785-1788, 1790); W.A. Keel & Comp., (1791), hardcover
1782rif. 002961Mis en ordre, publié et imprimé par d;Houry, Imprimeur-Libraire de Monseigneur le Duc d;Orléans, rue Hautefeuille, près celle des Deux Portes, 1782
1920rif. 21209Paris, Jules Meynial, (1916 - 1920). Mit insgesamt 31 farbigen Tafeln in Pochoirkolorit und zahlreichen Vignetten. 12°, ca. 12 x 8 cm. Reich mehrfarbig illustrierte Seiden-Einbände mit rundum-Goldschnitt. Schöne mehrfarbige Vorsätze. 1. Jg. Einband etwas abgewetzt, Innenfalze gebrochen. 2. Jg. Einbd. an den Außenfalzen berieben. 3. Jg. ebenso. 4. Jg. nahezu makellos. 5. Jg. ebenso.
1920rif. 64948Hamburg, Konrad Hanf Verlag D. W. B., 7. Februar 1920. Gr.-4°. Mit Holzschn.-Titel, einer Kopfvignette, einem Notenblatt, 13 mont. Tafelillustrationen u. 7 Holzschn.-Tafeln. 13 S., 1 Bl., Illustr.-OKart. (v. E. Maetzel).
1710rif. 3853Rare Early 18th Century Boston Almanac This almanac for 1711 by Daniel Travis is as early a Boston almanac as one is likely to find now. It follows the traditional almanac formula of the time: eclipses for the year Sign of Man cut twelve calendar pages brief astronomical observations and a final page of books for sale by the printer. Very little biographical information is available about the almanac maker. The dates of both Travis' birth 1652 and death 1720 are followed by question marks in the standard references. It is known that almanacs bearing his name were issued for the years 1707 to 1723. Boston was shown as the place of publication for the series except for the years 1709 through 1716 where it was changed to "America." An argument was made in the Brinley Catalogue that the almanacs for 1709-1716 were actually printed by William Bradford in New York rather than Bartholomew Green in Boston as the others in the series. Refuting that argument is the cut of the Sign of Man appearing in the 1709-1716 versions of the Travis almanac – it is the same as those in other Boston-issued almanacs by Green Reilly 1784 rather than those used in Bradford's New York almanacs during the period This example contains eight leaves – as called for in Drake – with the final page being "Advertisements" for Husbandry Spiritualized and The Constables Pocket-Book both for sale at Boone's shop in Corn-Hill. Other references cite an additional four pages presumably two more leaves of advertisements. A rare Boston almanac. While a number of institutions hold examples RareBookHub notes no examples of any Travis almanacs. References: Evans American Bibliography: 1490; Drake Almanacs of the United States: 2940; ESTC: W4151. Nichols Notes on the Almanacs of Massachusetts: pp. 17-18. Reilly Dictionary of Colonial American Printers' Ornaments & Illustrations: 1784. Condition: Disbound. Several short contemporary ink notations of calendar pages. Staining affecting area of about 2 ½ x ¾" at upper inner margin. Trimmed tight at the head but with no loss. ICN 7828.1 Sold by N[icholas]. Boone at the Sign of the Bible in Corn-Hill, Boston
1748rif. 127101748. Historische geographische konst en reis almanach voor den jaare 1748 bevattende het voornaamste dat onder het opzigt van het Koninglyk genootschap der geleerden te Berlyn is uitgegeven. Zeldzame almanak met gebreken aan de band maar van binnen erg mooi. Twee gekleurde kaarten wereldkaart en kaart van Nederland. In de kalender die in rood en zwart inkt is gedrukt zijn 12 paginas met illustraties toegevoegd van J.C. Philips met huwelijksthema. Tekst in het Nederlands en het Frans onder de illustraties. Gedrukt door Arend van Huyssteen. Zie Waller 75 voor de latere edities. Toegevoegd: Ouderdom van de thans in leven zijnde koningen en vorsten van Europa voor den jaare 1748. Tevens Beknopte Geographische beschryving van de X. Nederlandtsche provincien Bekent onder den naam van Oostenryksche Nederlanden. Beknopt dagverhaal van de verkiezing en aanstelling van syn Doorl. Hoogheid Willem Carel Hendrik Friso. Edited and enlarged by Een liefhebber der wiskonst Amsterdam A. v. Huyssteen 1748 4412642 pp. Miniature book in -24. Contemporary gilt calf binding H. 82 x W. 45 cm. / H. 3.5 x W. 175 inch. Engraved title page 12 plates by J.C. Philips on marriage calendar section printed in black and red. With two coloured maps Mappe Mondo Nouvelle carte generale des XVII Provinces des Pays-Bas. The binding hinge on the front is broken. Early year of this almanac with amusing illustrations. Only one copy in STCN. unknown
1772rif. 195273Paris: Gueffier 1772. An apparently unrecorded publication in an elaborately embroidered binding A musical almanac absent from bibliographies and untraced in institutional holdings here intricately bound. The amorous theme of the lyrics intended for familiar melodies and game for unmarried players are echoed in the binding's motifs of love. An acrostic spelling "Louise" suggests the name of the beloved whom the title page declares was the original reader. The contents comprise songs for each month and sign of the zodiac. These are set to familiar airs apart from one "La Terre bon conseil aux rois" which does not yet have music to accompany it. A calendar for 1772 records feast days and lunar phases. Its "New Game of Oracles" includes a printed numbered chart forming the game board. Players select a number while blindfolded to reveal a song for either a bachelor or mademoiselle. A number of almanacs were published under the name Dumeny or Dumenil. Gueffier published more than 20 almanacs between 1741 and 1774 many of which had similar musical or amorous tones. Neither Saffroy nor Grand-Carteret record this publication though the latter records an almanac of the same name published by Cailleau in 1774 521. As with the present almanac no copies are traced of this later publication which may be a reprint. Quadragesimo-octavo 88 x 50 mm pp. 74. Woodcut ornamentation throughout. Contemporary binding of cream silk spine couched with vertical passing threads boards framed with fine vertical strips of metal plate enclosing wide arabesque border of passing threads couched in wave-like arrangement metallic passementerie to board fore edges front board with lovers' knot and crossed arrows top winged flaming hearts in pink and green silk rear with pansies or violets in purple pink yellow and green silk blue silk pastedowns gilt edges. Embroidery bright and neat silk mildly soiled loss to pink bud embroidery at rear occasional loss to thread at edges contents lightly uniformly toned. A beautifully preserved example. hardcover
1784rif. 4382Paris: chez la Veuve Depoilly et chez Jubert 1784. 24mo binding size 98 x 58 mm. Etched and engraved title 24 pages a single 12-leaf quire A 16-page calendar for 1785 bound in middle of quire 12 etched and engraved “plates” printed on 6 conjugate bifolia rule page borders throughout one or two borders shaved. A fine copy in a contemporary case binding of embroidered ivory faille silk over binders’ boards both covers with a central wheat sheaf of couched purl and vermeil sequins in a pot of green threads symmetrical purl ribbons and sprays above and below the ground with small green flowers and sequin accents double outer border of sequins and intertwining metallic thread spine with saltire design of metallic thread and sequins salmon watered silk doublures with hammered vermeil ribbon borders framing a mirror on the upper cover and on the lower cover a pocket free endpapers of pink on gold brocade paper printed on one side only gilt edges. Outer corner of front cover very slightly stained and fraying a ribbon border inside lower cover detaching the mirror intact but its tin backing turned to powder and shedding slightly through the spine. A delightful almanac in a fetching embroidered binding which expresses the golden sun of the harvest abundance and joy. In pictures and verse this almanach galant relates love’s approaches evasions and eventual conquest using an extended military metaphor. Hence captions like “the diligent vigil the gracious combat marauding cupids a lucky rally the double attack the capitulation” etc. grace the hardly warlike images. The women in petticoats ribbons and flowery hats wear the latest fashions. In an unusual modern touch the image of the etched title showing a couple in a boat with a fortress and galleon in the background continues behind the title lettering. The engraved illustrations of courting and sometimes modestly contorting couples are in dark vivid impressions. In this copy unlike the Grand-Carteret copy the sixth and seventh plates were printed on the same sheet in the wrong order and thus the captions are mismatched. The embroidered cover of the binding was applied slightly awry on the lower cover. OCLC lists the BnF copy only. Cf. Savigny de Moncorps Almanachs illustrés du XVIIIe siècle 1909 no. 55 p. 104; Meunié Bibliographie de quelques almanachs illustrés des XVIIIe et XIXe siècles 1906; Grand-Carteret 1143: the same almanac with full-page illustration but bearing the title of the 1793 Goguettes Parisiennes his no. 1192. chez la V[euv]e Depoilly, et chez Jubert unknown
1784rif. 4382Paris: chez la Veuve Depoilly et chez Jubert 1784. 24mo binding size 98 x 58 mm. Etched and engraved title 24 pages a single 12-leaf quire A 16-page calendar for 1785 bound in middle of quire 12 etched and engraved “plates” printed on 6 conjugate bifolia rule page borders throughout one or two borders shaved. A fine copy in a contemporary case binding of embroidered ivory faille silk over binders’ boards both covers with a central wheat sheaf of couched purl and vermeil sequins in a pot of green threads symmetrical purl ribbons and sprays above and below the ground with small green flowers and sequin accents double outer border of sequins and intertwining metallic thread spine with saltire design of metallic thread and sequins salmon watered silk doublures with hammered vermeil ribbon borders framing a mirror on the upper cover and on the lower cover a pocket free endpapers of pink on gold brocade paper printed on one side only gilt edges. Outer corner of front cover very slightly stained and fraying a ribbon border inside lower cover detaching the mirror intact but its tin backing turned to powder and shedding slightly through the spine. A delightful almanac in a fetching embroidered binding which expresses the golden sun of the harvest abundance and joy. In pictures and verse this almanach galant relates love’s approaches evasions and eventual conquest using an extended military metaphor. Hence captions like “the diligent vigil the gracious combat marauding cupids a lucky rally the double attack the capitulation” etc. grace the hardly warlike images. The women in petticoats ribbons and flowery hats wear the latest fashions. In an unusual modern touch the image of the etched title showing a couple in a boat with a fortress and galleon in the background continues behind the title lettering. The engraved illustrations of courting and sometimes modestly contorting couples are in dark vivid impressions. In this copy unlike the Grand-Carteret copy the sixth and seventh plates were printed on the same sheet in the wrong order and thus the captions are mismatched. The embroidered cover of the binding was applied slightly awry on the lower cover. OCLC lists the BnF copy only. Cf. Savigny de Moncorps Almanachs illustrés du XVIIIe siècle 1909 no. 55 p. 104; Meunié Bibliographie de quelques almanachs illustrés des XVIIIe et XIXe siècles 1906; Grand-Carteret 1143: the same almanac with full-page illustration but bearing the title of the 1793 Goguettes Parisiennes his no. 1192. chez la V[euv]e Depoilly, et chez Jubert unknown books
1737rif. 396Paris, Veuve d'Houry, 1737 ; in-8 de 425 pp., maroquin vieux rouge de l'époque, dentelle encadrant les plats, guirlande fleurie aux angles, armes dorées au centre, dos à nerfs orné, roulette intérieure, doublures et gardes de papier d'Augsbourg, tranches dorées.
1786rif. ABC_48085Berlin 1786. 24mo 10.7 x 6.2 cm. George Jacques Decker Contemporary German embroidered binding: ivory silk over boards sides purled with blackened silver threat a double row of silver sequins enclosing on the front cover the embroidered year "1787" within a wreath of silver thread hanging on an embroidered knot and on the back cover a basket with colored flowers also hanging on a knot spine ornamented with silver thread gilt edges. With an engraved portrait of Princess Frederique of Prussia by C. Tounley after Cuningham dated 1786 as a frontispiece. This is printed on one double-leaf with the engraved title page. Further with a folding engraved map 13 x 18.2 cm by D.F. Soltzmann after C.L. Oesfeld 1785 showing the projected Kiel Canal 12 numbered etchings illustrating the 12 months of the calendar by Daniel Chodowiecki. Text of all pages printed within a frame with small corner pieces. 240 pp. Rare almanac for 1787 from a series of Berlin almanacs that appeared under various titles from 1769 to 1813. The almanacs could be acquired with etched plates illustrating the 12 months by the greatest German book illustrator of the 18th century Daniel Chodowiecki. He was director of the Berlin Academy of Art and worked for the Berlin Genealogischer Kalender or Almanac Généalogique from 1770 until his death in 1801 as well as for other almanac publishers. Chodowiecki was given free rein to choose the subjects of the 12 plates always in the calendar section of the annual almanacs. He often chose popular plays; in the present work his 12 illustrations depict scenes from the play Die Jäger Chasseurs by the German actor and playwright August Wilhelm Iffland 1759-1814 published in 1785. The subject of each illustration is explained in a 7-page "Explication des estampes". Also included is an engraved portrait of the young Princess Frederique Charlotte Ulrique Catharine of Prussia 1767-1820 who would become Duchess of York and Albany through her marriage to Prince Frederick King Georges second son in 1791. The folding map depicts the projected route of what is today known as the Kiel canal completed in 1784 which joints the North Sea to the Baltic.The binding shows signs of wear some sequins are lost the silk is somewhat soiled Some sequins lost silk soiled occasional slight foxing and staining with a tear along the gutter of the map. Otherwise in good condition.l Cf. Lanckoronska & Oehler Die Buchillustration des XVIII. Jhts. II pp. 92-93. ART ARCHITECTURE & PHOTOGRAPHY BOOK HISTORY & PRINTING EUROPE Almanacs Art & Art History Bindings Germany hardcover
1772rif. 260710London: Various 1772. First. hardcover. very good. Rubricated text throughout. Illustrated with many charts and some woodcut diagrams. Thick 12mo contemporary red calf gilt leather label a.e.g. London: various publishers for The Company of Stationers 1772. First editions. An interesting collection in a very good attractive period binding Titles include: Remarkable News from the Stars; The Gentleman's Diary & Mathematical Repository; The Ladies' Diary; Vox Stellarum; Merlinus Liberatus; Parker's Ephemeris; The Coelestial Diary; Poor Robin; The English Apollo; Speculum Anni; Olympia Domata; The Coelestial Atlas. Various printers. Various unknown
1772rif. 260710London: Various 1772. First. hardcover. very good. Rubricated text throughout. Illustrated with many charts and some woodcut diagrams. Thick 12mo contemporary red calf gilt leather label a.e.g. London: various publishers for The Company of Stationers 1772. First editions. An interesting collection in a very good attractive period binding Titles include: Remarkable News from the Stars; The Gentleman's Diary & Mathematical Repository; The Ladies' Diary; Vox Stellarum; Merlinus Liberatus; Parker's Ephemeris; The Coelestial Diary; Poor Robin; The English Apollo; Speculum Anni; Olympia Domata; The Coelestial Atlas. Various printers. Various unknown books
1803rif. 373912New York: D. Longworth at the Shakespeare Gallery 1803. 24 engraved vignette illustrations by Peter Maverick. 5-80 2pp with the calendar and memorandum pages i.e. pp. 41-64 engraved. 12mo. Original wrappers each comprised of two plates backed onto each other i.e. 4 plates in total engraved by Anderson. Publisher's red morocco gilt slipcase. 24 engraved vignette illustrations by Peter Maverick. 5-80 2pp with the calendar and memorandum pages i.e. pp. 41-64 engraved. 12mo. As least three issues of Longworth's Belles Lettres Repository were published for 1801-1803 with slightly varying titles: The American ladies & gentlemen's pocket almanac and elegant belles lettres repository. for 1801 Evans 36816; The American ladies' & gentlemen's pocket almanac and belles lettres repository for 1802 Shaw & Shoemaker 50194; and the present titled at the bottom of the front wrapper and as a caption title at the head of p. 5. An advertisement on the recto of the final leaf states: "This is the third Belles-Lettres-Repository. The two former have been done at the expense of the Publisher. this he hopes will be at the expense of lovers of neat things." At the bottom of the same page are descriptions of the plates and illustrations including the "frontispiece title-page i.e. front wrapper L'Allegro and finishing piece Il Penseroso form the cover" and the plate on the inside front wrapper being "Orpheus Eurydice and Cerberus." The vignettes by Maverick illustrate "select passages in Hayley's 'Triumphs of temper' with extracts underneath each. At the foot of each of these pages are the kalendar sic pages for 1803 and the intermediate spaces are ruled for belles-lettres selections &c. . these alternate with twelve other vignettes architectural and picturesque with ruled memorandum pages under each the whole engraved." Shaw and Shoemaker locate only the example at the Huntington which collates precisely as the present; i.e. wrappers comprised of two engraved plates mounted to each other i.e. the front wrapper being pages 1-4 and the text beginning on page 5 with a caption title at the head. An additional example with the same collation at the Hay Library Brown University confirms the work is complete as issued A scarce example in the original slipcase; American publisher's slipcases or sheaths from the 18th century are very rare. The earliest noted by Tanselle is on an 1801 edition of the American Ladies & Gentlemans Pocket Almanac Tanselle 01.01 and plate 9. Shaw 2551 dating the imprint as 1802 locating only the example at the Huntington Library ; Pomeroy J.R. Alexander Anderson 1775-1870 105. See Tanselle 01.01 D. Longworth at the Shakespeare Gallery unknown
1803rif. 373912New York: D. Longworth at the Shakespeare Gallery 1803. 24 engraved vignette illustrations by Peter Maverick. 5-80 2pp with the calendar and memorandum pages i.e. pp. 41-64 engraved. 12mo. Original wrappers each comprised of two plates backed onto each other i.e. 4 plates in total engraved by Anderson. Publisher's red morocco gilt slipcase. 24 engraved vignette illustrations by Peter Maverick. 5-80 2pp with the calendar and memorandum pages i.e. pp. 41-64 engraved. 12mo. As least three issues of Longworth's Belles Lettres Repository were published for 1801-1803 with slightly varying titles: The American ladies & gentlemen's pocket almanac and elegant belles lettres repository. for 1801 Evans 36816; The American ladies' & gentlemen's pocket almanac and belles lettres repository for 1802 Shaw & Shoemaker 50194; and the present titled at the bottom of the front wrapper and as a caption title at the head of p. 5. An advertisement on the recto of the final leaf states: "This is the third Belles-Lettres-Repository. The two former have been done at the expense of the Publisher. this he hopes will be at the expense of lovers of neat things." At the bottom of the same page are descriptions of the plates and illustrations including the "frontispiece title-page i.e. front wrapper L'Allegro and finishing piece Il Penseroso form the cover" and the plate on the inside front wrapper being "Orpheus Eurydice and Cerberus." The vignettes by Maverick illustrate "select passages in Hayley's 'Triumphs of temper' with extracts underneath each. At the foot of each of these pages are the kalendar sic pages for 1803 and the intermediate spaces are ruled for belles-lettres selections &c. . these alternate with twelve other vignettes architectural and picturesque with ruled memorandum pages under each the whole engraved." Shaw and Shoemaker locate only the example at the Huntington which collates precisely as the present; i.e. wrappers comprised of two engraved plates mounted to each other i.e. the front wrapper being pages 1-4 and the text beginning on page 5 with a caption title at the head. An additional example with the same collation at the Hay Library Brown University confirms the work is complete as issued A scarce example in the original slipcase; American publisher's slipcases or sheaths from the 18th century are very rare. The earliest noted by Tanselle is on an 1801 edition of the American Ladies & Gentlemans Pocket Almanac Tanselle 01.01 and plate 9. Shaw 2551 dating the imprint as 1802 locating only the example at the Huntington Library ; Pomeroy J.R. Alexander Anderson 1775-1870 105. See Tanselle 01.01 D. Longworth at the Shakespeare Gallery unknown books
1804rif. ABC_48705Paris 1804. Large 8vo ca. 19.5 x 12 cm. L.É. Testu Contemporary gold-tooled tree marbled calf with an ornamental border on both boards a richly gold-tooled spine with red calf title-label lettered in gold gilt board edges gilt edges marbled endpapers. With the engraved coat-of-arms of the First French Empire on the title page and numerous letterpress tables. 16 832 pp. Attractively bound copy of this interesting French almanac for the year 1804-1805 An XIII i.e. year 13 counted from 1792 the period running from 23 September 1804 to 22 September 1805 according to the French Republican calendar which was used from 1793 to 1805. It is the last almanac using the terminology of the French Revolution before Napoleon Bonaparte 1769-1821 was crowned Emperor of the French on 2 December 1804.This almanac contains a wealth of information concerning the organization of the administration of the French state in the first year of the First French Empire. It comprises the names of the main dignitaries in France and abroad mentioning i.a. Thomas Jefferson as President of the United States of America the public officials in Paris and in the provinces the magistracy the clergy the army officers etc. as well as the usual subjects present in most almanacs such as annual fairs stagecoaches and timetables. It is concluded with an extensive index pp. 817-824 and a supplement pp. 825-832 which is not always present in most copies we could trace.The French publisher Laurent Étienne Testu 1765-1839 worked from 1788 for the French printer François Jean Noël Debure 1743-1802 who was the son-in-law of the French printer Laurent Charles dHoury 1723-1786. The family of DHoury had started with the annual publication of the famous Almanach royal which appeared under this title from 1700 to 1792.In 1791 Testu took over Debures printing house and in 1792 the title of the almanac was turned into Almanach national de France due to the new political situation caused by the French Revolution. After Napoleons coronation to emperor in 1804 its title was subsequently changed into Almanach imperial. Testu was appointed imperial publisher to Napoleon until his abdication in 1814.With the 19th-century oval bookplate of the French military Albert Le Lorier "Sous-Intendant Militaire" mounted on the front pastedown. The head of spine is slightly chipped/damaged the corners of the boards are slightly worn. The title page is slightly stained in the outer blank margin two text leaves Oo2 and Zz5 are re-attached probably replaced and their outer blank margins are slightly shortened otherwise a beautiful binding in very good condition.l Grand-Carteret Les almanachs français no. 1433. BOOK HISTORY & PRINTING EUROPE HISTORY Almanacs France hardcover
1850rif. L6D9JJJQJ3D4Saint Helena 1850. 8vo. George Gibb Government office Later black half morocco gold-tooled spine. With the title page printed in orange with the woodcut royal arms of the United Kingdom. 126 37 3 pp.; plus 3 1 blank pp. advertisements Only copy located of the 1850 almanac for the island of Saint Helena. Famous for being the prison of Napoleon Bonaparte in his final years the British island was used as a frequent stop by ships calling in for supplies. The almanac contains 37 pages listing the 930 ships that visited the island between 1 December 1848 and 30 November 1849. The development of steamships as well as the opening of the Suez Canal in 1869 would almost completely deprive Saint Helena of its great importance as a supply station. In 1840 a naval station was established for the Royal Navy's campaign to suppress the slave trade. By 1 December 1849 15067 slaves had been brought to the island. Roughly a fourth died on the island with the rest emigrating to Jamaica British Guiana and Trinidad.Starting with the natural history of the island the almanac describes the geology of the island and lists the birds and fish that can be found. The rest of the almanac describes the feasts and festivals for the year 1850; lunar cycles; climate of the island; tides; the family of Queen Victoria; the British cabinet; the political military and ecclesiastical government of the island as well as the British naval command in West Africa; customs and judicial fees and penalties; ordinances; local institutions and societies; and a list of local miscellaneous information. The printer appears to have aimed for a full page; for instance placing a table of the height of several hills and peaks below the regional naval hierarchy instead of near the geographical description whereas a table of geographical distances is placed under the header "local miscellaneous information".With the bookplates of the barrister Alexander Meyrick Broadley 1847-1916 famous for being the defence lawyer for the Egyptian nationalist Ahmed 'Urabi 1841-1911 and of the legendary superspy Sidney George Reilly 1873-1925. Binding lightly worn at the hinges; a very good copy. AFRICA BOOK HISTORY & PRINTING ECONOMY TRADE & NUMISMATICS EUROPE LAW PHILOSOPHY & POLITICS Almanacs Geology Greek & Non-Western Types UK - United Kingdom ZZ Great Britain & Ireland unknown
1924rif. 65430Wien, Kunsthandlung Würthle & Sohn Nfg., 1924. Gr.-8°. Mit zahlr. Abbildungen u. Werbungen (dav. eine zwischengeb. Farbtafel). 80 S., 16 Bll., In Rot u. Schwarz typographisch illustr. OKart.-Umschlag.
