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178327240A Paris: Chez Delalain 1783. First edition. Full calf gilt rules all edges gilt. Spine chipped including part of label boards worn and chipped front board nearly detached but still holding scattered foxing; overall about good. 8 332 pp. 12mo. Almanach de Muses ran from 1765 to 1833. This issue is one of three that contains poems on Ballooning all the rage in Europe at the time especially with the Montgolfier brothers' 1783 demonstrations of hot-air-balloon flying in Annonay France. This isssue includes a satiric poem advising Blanchard not to fly p. 43-48. Blanchard being Jean Pierre Blanchard who on January 7 1785 with Dr. John Jeffries an American physician made the first flight over the English Channel traveling from Dover England to Calais France. Chez Delalain hardcover books
1759WRCLIT82090Paris: Le Veuve Bordelet . et al 1759. 24mo. Dark reddish brown morocco a.e.g. spine gilt extra side panels with double rule borders topped with dot-filled looped ornate crescents with small birds alternating with poppy pods pale red endsheets with gilt floral decorations. Lower fore-tips heavily worn internal joints cracked occasional cracking at gutters between signatures some foxing front blank trimmed at top edge 1803 ownership signature still a near good copy. First edition of this compilation of all sorts of military information published for the use of the gentleman soldier. OCLC locates only two copies: the Abbey copy at the BN and a copy in the library of the Society of the Cincinnati. However that implies a degree of scarcity that experience does not support. OCLC: 39277312 & 1034788984. Le Veuve Bordelet ... [et al] unknown books
17896474Paris: Chez líAuteur 1789. Hardcover. Very Good. 12mo 137 x78mm. xiii 16pp. Calendar 288pp. original final blank. Engraved frontispiece by ìC. S. Gaucher 1788.î Near contemporary full mottled calf marbled endpapers edges gilt; margins shaved close affecting some pagination p.24 with light impression of p. 1 p.27 with deckled edge; spine headcap chipped joints tender extremities lightly rubbed. An ephemeris plural: ephemerides; from the Greek word ἐφήμερος ephemeros ìdailyî is a table of values that gives the positions of astronomical objects in the sky at a given time or times. Different kinds of ephemerides are used for astronomy and astrology. Even though this was also one of the first applications of mechanical computers an ephemeris will still often be a simple printed table. Contents in this copy include a Calendar with gold numbers a Sun cycle and Age of the Moon and dates for important liturgical holidays among them Ash Wednesday Easter and Pentecost. The majority of text is romance lyrics with 27 pages of music dedicated to particular men at the end. <br/><br/> Paris: Chez líAuteur hardcover books
1764319586Boston: R. and S. Draper et. al. 1764. 24pp. 8vo. Stitched. 24pp. 8vo. The compilation of this issue was begun by the elder Nathaniel Ames 1708-1764 and completed by his son Nathaniel. Cf. New England Historical and Genealogical Record v. 16 1862 p. 255-257. See also the preface by the younger Ames whose "Elegy on the death of the late Dr. Ames" is also included in the almanac p. 21-22. The Massachusetts gazette advertisement states "The late Dr. Nathaniel Ames had finished his calculations for this almanac and prepared a copy thereof before his death excepting the eclipses which together with the additional part has since been completed by his son." Evans 9570; Drake Almanacs of the United States 3142; ESTC W22470 R. and S. Draper [et. al.] unknown books
1783D1166Hamburg: Carl Wilh. Meyn 1783. Near Fine. 16mo contemporary vellum wraparound binding with metal catch and clasp; with nice deocrative endpapers and a pocket at rear. 32 leaves contains numerous small woodcuts of zodiac signs and lunar phases text and illustrations printed in red and black. Interleaved with scattered medicinal formulas in contemporary hand. Contents clean. <br/><br/> Carl Wilh. Meyn hardcover books
1763319585Boston: Printed and Sold by R. and S.Draper ; Edes & Gill and Green & Russell in Queen-Street; and T. & J. Fleet at the Heart and Crown in Cornhill. i.e. Printed by Timothy Green Sold also by the booksellers 1763. 24pp. Stitched. 24pp. The preface by Ames includes a notice lauding the discoveries in electricity by Benjamin Franklin: "But since such surprizing sic discoveries have been made in Electricity by our COuntryman yea by our Bostonian the Honourable Benjamin Franklin Esq.; 'tis allowed that certain Bodies are able to defend against the Effects of Thunder and Lightning; and that very Doctrine so lately despised is now admired and the worthy Author of those New Discoveries justly had in the greatest Honor by all the polite & enlightened Nations of Europe . may the American Bards upon the Glassicord chant forth hi Honor for Generations to come."<br/><br/>The final leaf includes an advertisement for paper rags for a new papermill in Milton MA. Evans 9321; ESTC W22465 ; Drake M. Almanacs 3139 Printed and Sold by R. and S.Draper ; Edes & Gill, and Green & Russell, in Queen-Street; and T. & J. Fleet, at the Heart and Cro unknown books
17852689vParis: N. Crapart & C.J.C. Durand 1785. 32mo 92 x 58 mm. Collation: 1-68 nested quires. 48 leaves. Folding woodcut maps of France écclesiastique at front and Environs de Paris at back printed on one sheet enclosing text. Contemporary gold-blocked green morocco reddish-gold Brokatpapier pastedown endpapers gilt edges very minor wear to corners. Provenance: Carlos de Poortere bookplate. A very good copy of a classic Paris almanac. The Etrennes mignonnes may have been the most long-running of all Parisian almanacs and one of the most stable in format and contents. With occasional variations in the title this almanac appeared yearly from 1724 to 1848 spanning five generations and weathering several very different governments and social regimes. After 1750 the engraved title was dispensed with and the quality of printing may have declined somewhat but the contents remained consistently serious containing historical geopolitical and political information about various French regions and other countries charts of royalty and nobility densely printed summaries of news from the previous year descriptions of recent scientific inventions guides to measurements tariffs lists of trade fairs and so on. Grand-Carteret 107. On the contents and economics of the Etrennes mignonnes and their imitators see V. Sarrazin "L'exemple des Etrennes parisiennes: succès évolution et mutation d'un genre d'almanachs du XVIIIe au XIXe siècle" in Lüsebrink ed. Les lectures du peuple en Europe et dans les Amériques du XVIIe au XXe siècle 2003: 39-48. N. Crapart & C.J.C. Durand unknown books
17882688vFrance 1788. 24mo binding size 97 x 65 mm. 64 pp. Apparently lacking title replaced by the engraved title of a different almanac 2 foldout engraved mapsheets at front and back containing 7 different maps. Corner of fol. B1 torn away. Contemporary ivory silk over pasteboards covers embroidered alike with a frame of couched green thread enclosing repeated small purl bows or leaf motifs at center an oval cartouche composed of a band of silver metallic thread edged in green silk thread enclosing two birds nuzzling on a green branch the birds composed entirely of purl the cartouches "tied" at the top with a triple bow each loop composed of bronze-colored purl filled with silver metallic purl tied with a ribbon of pink silk embroidered thread and small sequins the covers edged with needle-looped metallic lace backstrip with zig-zag pattern of purl lacking a few pieces yellow silk liners free endpapers of copper-glazed paper. Provenance: Carlo de Poortere bookplate. An odd little almanac binding probably the work of an amateur on an unidentified almanac with geographic content whose missing title was replaced by the engraved title of an unrelated almanach galant Le Trottoir du Permesse ou le Rimeur fantastique Paris: Jubert 1788. The maps show the world in two hemispheres France and the continents Europe Asia Africa and North and South America. hardcover books
17392689dParis: Jacques Collombat 1739. 36mo binding size 108 x 55 mm. 72 pp. a single quire of 36 leaves the first and last leaves mounted on the free endpapers and printed on visible sides only. Woodcut royal arms on title 2 astronomical woodcuts typographic moon symbols in calendar. Double rule page borders. Publisher's case binding of olive morocco covers gold-blocked with very wide rocaille border Dutch-gilt free endleaves pastedowns removed gilt edges inner backstrip archivally reinforced some scuffing to lower cover.One of the longest published Parisian almanacs published without interruption from 1700 to 1792 and containing useful information for ladies and gentleman of the Court. Invented by the printer-publisher and typefounder Jean-Jacques Estienne Collombat 1668-1744 the Calendrier de la Cour became a familiar fixture of court life. These little books continued to be referred to as "Collombats" long after the printer's death when their publication was continued by the printer Hérissant and later his widow. This one sports a typical plaque binding commissioned by the publishers. Cf. Grand-Carteret Les Almanachs Français 92 and p. xli. Jacques Collombat unknown books
17472689lParis: Durand 1747. 24mo binding size 96 x 66 mm.Collation: A-D8 E6 nested quires. 76 pp. Engraved frontispiece and additional engraved title. Publisher's woodcut gryphon device on letterpress title engraved two-page map of France at end. Publisher's gold-blocked olive morocco abstract design Dutch-gilt endpapers gilt edges. A fresh copy of the long-running Paris almanac known as the Etrennes Mignonnes published with changing subtitles from 1716 to ca. 1845. The engraved title and frontispiece varied from year to year up to 1750 after which none were used and the map alternated between an ecclesiastical civil or military map of France or a map of the Paris region. In this edition the frontispiece and title are loosely based on those used in the 1741 edition by Cochin II. Cf. Grand-Carteret 107. Durand unknown books
1774WRCLIT71107Paris: Chez Claude-Jacques-Charles & Pierre-Francois Durand 1774. 108pp. plus two folding maps. 32mo. Contemporary red French morocco heavily decorated in gilt a.e.g. Trivial foxing to endleaves light tanning and minimal fraying to extended edges of folding maps otherwise a fine copy. First edition of this almanac beautifully bound from the Weston Library of the Earls of Bradford with the bookplate. Many of the text leaves are interleaved with elegantly engraved tables with decorative margins for recording profits and losses. Chez Claude-Jacques-Charles & Pierre-Francois Durand unknown books
17812689fParis: Cailleau 1781. 32mo binding size 98 x 60 mm. Collation: A8 B-I8 nested quires sewing between I4 and I5. 143 1 pp. Woodcut allegorical frontispiece title printed in red and black 12 woodcut vignettes rule page borders throughout. Publisher's case binding of red morocco with large green morocco panels on each cover gold-blocked with a rococo design incorporating a flowering vase at its foot a sheath and an arrow spine gilt pastedowns of orange Dutch-gilt paper gilt edges text block inserted into binding upside down. A compact and informative pocket almanac published from 1779 to 1793 this issue containing a section on the American colonies. Economically printed in very small types Cailleau's almanac is packed with information on the history of the monarchy administrative and ecclesiastical hierarchies episcopal cities throughout Europe upcoming events in Paris exchange rates courier schedules and so on. Even the preliminary leaves waste no space: the first and last pages blank except for the page border function as flyleaves with the Table of contents on the verso p. 2 a half-title on p. 3 the frontispiece on p. 4 showing Love presenting a medallion of Louis XVI to France according to Grand-Carteret and the title on p. 5 followed by the calendar. The monthly calendars are printed on versos each facing a page containing a paragraph on a different topic each illustrated with a vignette at top showing putti engaged in relevant activities and followed by a list of Curiosités consisting of processions festivals fairs etc. to be held in and around Paris. The monthly topics are Religion Writing Eloquence History Natural History Chemistry Dance Tragedy the Art of Equitation Fencing or the Art of Arms Physics and Watch-Making L'Horlogerie.Following the calendar is a "Curious Glimpse of the Theatre of the Present War" pp. 32-35 describing 14 American "provinces" as seen from French eyes ignoring most of the Colonial divisions e.g. la Nouvelle Ecosse ou l'Acadie la Nouvelle Angleterre la Floride Anglaise la Louisiane and including Jamaica and several parts of Canada described as "almost as large as Europe". Noteworthy is a perplexing description of Nouvelle Yorck "on the Hudson in the Isle de Mahanatan" and of which "Neuf-Yorck is the capital." Other sections and tables of interest some printed longitudinally include a list of 29 Academies and 7 Literary Societies in Paris and other parts of France p. 105 and a 2-page table of public and private libraries in Paris including the year each was founded name of the founder number of printed volumes number of manuscript volumes location and opening times. Grand-Carteret Les Almanachs Français 617. Cailleau unknown books
1782WRCAM28213Providence: Bennett Wheeler 1782. 40pp. 16mo. Self-wrappers stab-stitched. Slight browning. Overall very good. The present edition of the NORTH-AMERICAN CALENDAR. is most notable for its inclusion of the complete Articles of Confederation which had passed into law upon Maryland's agreement to ratify on March 1 1781. Published by Benjamin West noted astronomer and founder of what was to become the NEW ENGLAND ALMANAC produced on Providence's first printing press in 1762. Although most remembered for his astronomical skills and numerous almanacs West also worked fervently to supply the Continental army with clothes and later served on the faculty of Rhode Island College later Brown University. EVANS 17432. DAB XX pp.5-6. Bennett Wheeler hardcover books
17422866Paris: de la boutique de M. Jouenne chez Durand rue S. Jacques à S. Landry et au Grison 1742. 32mo binding size 99 x 57 mm. 64 pp. Engraved frontispiece additional engraved title double-page engraved map of France at end. Contemporary emblematic binding of gold-blocked brown goatskin both covers with a panel stamp incorporating at center a scythe and hourglass framed in curving lines drawer-handle ornaments leaf plants monkeys flitting birds garlands and sprigs; pink satin liners gilt edges small chip to head of spine corners scuffed. Provenance: later 18th-century marginal note "Ma naissance" next to the date 12 August on calendar page for August; late 18th-century inscription at front identifying the note as that of the writer's mother born 12 August 1743 and stating that she kept this little book her entire life. A long-running Paris almanac in a contemporary binding with a pleasingly asymmetrical rococo decor mixing chinoiserie elements monkeys and Western memento mori motifs.The Etrennes mignonnes were published with changing subtitles from 1716 to ca. 1845. The engraved title and frontispiece varied from year to year up to 1750 after which none were used and the map alternated between an ecclesiastical civil or military map of France or a map of the Paris region. This issue has a special frontispiece showing the audience given by the King to the Ottoman Emperor in January 1742. Grand-Carteret 107; cf. Cohen-de Ricci 51. de la boutique de M. Jouenne chez Durand rue S. Jacques à S. Landry et au Grison unknown books
1772260710London: 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<br/><br/> 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.<br/><br/> Various unknown books
17954083Amsterdam: M. Schalekamp 1795. 36mo binding size 97 x 62 mm. 71 1 pp. Title and text within type-ornament borders. Four double-page engraved plates two signed by W. J. Strunck. Contemporary embroidered binding of beige silk over binder's board both covers with an outer wavy border of gold satin stitch enclosing a gouache and watercolor medallion under glass each cover with a different scene within an oval relief frame of goldwork red thread and satin stitch the medallion suspended from a ring hanging from a ribbon and flanked with sprigs the design composed of couched and separate colored and gold pailletes silver-gilt thread purl and goldwork spine plain with two silver-gilt rectangles pale orange silk liners preserving original wrappers of orange block-printed patterned paper with sprigs and dots gilt edges. Loss of 5 sequins on upper cover and 3 on lower cover. Provenance: Robert de Beauvillain bookplate.A literary almanac in a possibly Netherlandish embroidered binding with watercolor miniatures. The painting on the front cover shows a young man wearing a tricorne standing jauntily in a mountainous landscape and that on the rear cover two shepherds at dusk. This "Poetic Almanac or choice of Heroic epistles Tales Theatrical and other Poetic Pieces" was published in Amsterdam and sometimes also sold in Utrecht from 1771 to the late 1790s. The almanac includes a 12-page tabular calendar with Saints'days moon phases and eclipses a schedule of the ringing of the Amsterdam city bells and tales and poems some adapted from classical mythology. The romantic double-page engravings by Strunck show Mirtil and Chloe Daphne's children Hero and Leander in a dramatic scene of roiling seas and lightning a pastoral love scene and a woman in a dungeon with snakes illustrating the final poem "Elane Romance." OCLC locates a single copy of a different year in the US at the Grolier Club; that copy of the 1781 issue is also in an embroidered binding with a floral design and no miniatures. On Strunck cf. Thieme-Becker 32:217. M. Schalekamp unknown books
