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154540844to. 20.5 x 15.4 cm 12 ff. With two title woodcuts of Mars and Luna. Patterned paper over boards with vellum spine; title-plaque on front cover; some expert reinforcement and minor repairs at gutter. Paper has even browning some faint waterstaining with marginal notations on one leaf.<br /><br /><p>The <b>s</b><b>ole known copy</b> of a prediction pamphlet <i>mein Almanac</i> Gasser calls it f12 recto for the year 1546 with <b>the first extended reference to Copernicus printed in a vernacular language German -- </b>an "enthusiastic hymn of praise" for the great astronomer Burmeister addressed not specifically to an international community of scholars but to lay readers of a humble German language almanac whose daily activities "revolve" around the sun. Gasser further acknowledges here heliocentrism as a "hypothesis… demonstratively proven among mathematicians" i.e. a physical fact – a stance virtually unique among astronomers who were generally cautious with their approbations of Copernicus' calculations and methodology in the early years on the road towards its gradual positive reception.</p><p>Achilles Gasser was intimately connected with the dissemination of heliocentrism through his patronage of Georg Rheticus Copernicus' student who initiated and oversaw the 1543 publication of <i>De Revolutionibus</i>. Gasser was one of very few recipients of the <i>Narratio Prima</i> intended to drum up support for Copernicus' work and wrote the preface to the 1541 edition of it. Gasser also owned a copy of <i>De Revolutionibus</i>Gingerich I.99 printed by Johann Petreiuswho not coincidentally also published the present pamphlet. Alongside Rheticus' <i>Narratio Prima</i> of 1540 and Gasser's preface to the second edition of that work in 1541 the <i>Practica</i> offered here represents one of the very earliest published expressions of support for Copernican heliocentrism in any language.</p><p>The extended reference to Copernicus appears in Gasser's dedicatory letter to Caspar Joachim Täntzl a Tyrolean nobleman and mine owner. Gasser takes pains to heap praise upon <i>the most learned and wonderful man Dr. Nicolaus Copernicus</i> who <i>away off in Prussia has taken up the task with such seriousness diligence and steadfastness that for the establishment and restoration of astronomy he has had to lay an utterly and completely new foundation unheard of before or rather has been compelled to posit hypotheses not employed by other scholars…namely that the Sun is a light for all creation and stands unmoved in the midst of the whole universe; that this earthly realm… variously courses round between the planets Venus and Mars. and thus has not only<b> demonstratively proven his theory among the mathematicians</b> and with great pains restored the portrait of Astronomy but has also immediately been regarded as having perpetrated a heresy and indeed—by many others incapable of understanding this matter—is already being condemned</i> see the complete Danielson translation of the epistle below.</p><p>Numerous scholars penned prediction tracts or almanacs in this era including another Petreius author Johannes Schöner; Gasser wrote one for each year from 1544 and 1547. He makes general predictions for the luckiest days of 1546 B4v—as well as specifics relevant for mine owners like Täntzl— for example the relative value of precious metals B3. Part farmer's almanac and part horoscope Gasser's predictions depend on the movement of celestial bodies. His investment in propagating the importance of heliocentrism in this seemingly modest tract should therefore come as no surprise.</p><p>According to Dennis Danielson in the article cited below Gasser also penned on the same day and year a Latin version of the present almanac with a different dedicatory epistle addressed in this case to Rheticus in which he urges the acolyte of the great astronomer to continue his efforts to prove the truth of the Copernican hypothesis. He tells the younger scholar in a manner of speaking that his job isn't finished yet and to get on with it. Several printed copies of this Latin version exist in German institutions but none in America.</p><p>Offered here a well-preserved <b>unique copy</b> of the earliest example of vernacular Copernican ephemera. This present sole known copy now recorded in VD16 as ZV 28055 with 'Martayan Lan New York' as the source was only 'discovered' in the late 1990s by the respected historian of science Karl Heinrich Burmeister through the late Zurich bookdealer Jörg Schäfer.</p><p><b>TEXT OF EPISTLE </b>folios 1v-2r</p><p>To the noble and worthy Caspar Joachim Tantzl of Tratzberg etc. his most gracious and beloved master Achilles Pirmin Gasser of Lindau doctor of natural and medicinal arts extends his willing service and best regards.</p><p>Noble worthy and gracious master Your Worthiness doubtless still remembers the disputation that you often engaged in with me not without exceeding amazement concerning astronomy while I was in your service in Schwatz last year and above all the conversation in which – with the help of a small book I had with me eventually to be printed – I expressed my desire for a large lodestone whereby the course of the Sun and also the disposition of the firmament which in the schools we call the Primum Mobile though we know not where of what it is would here on Earth be rendered calculable and thoroughly perceptible in such a way that no more defects so frequent until now should appear.</p><p>Moreover as I then indicated to Your Worthiness the greatest masters of this art have continuously for seventeen hundred years found the movement of the stars and planets rather incongruous and imperfect according to their instruments and calculations indeed even according to their daily experience. For this reason one after the other they always kept on hoping to adjust improve and remedy this situation by means of clever contrivances and ingenious speculations as is evident in Hipparchus Ptolemy Al-Zarqali Al-Bitrui Cusanus Regiomantanus and finally Werner with each on correcting the other now inventing new spheres then discarding the old ones and thinking up something else and on and on with no end of cycles epicycles and theoricae – until now so recently in our own day also the most learned and wonderful man Dr. Nicolaus Copernicus away off in Prussia has taken up the task with such seriousness diligence and steadfastness that for the establishment and restoration of astronomy he has had to lay an utter and completely new foundation unheard of before or rather has been compelled to posit hypotheses not employed by other scholars namely that the Sun is a light for all creation and stands unmoved in the midst of the whole universe; that his earthly realm together with the other three elements and the circuit of the Moon variously courses round between the planets Venus and Mars; and also that the heavens beyond Saturn in which are seen the fixed stars all together stand fast and unmoved with no other spheres encompassing them etc. and thus has not only demonstratively proven his theory among the mathematicians and with great pains restored the portrait of Astronomy but has also immediately been regarded as having perpetrated a heresy and indeed – by many others incapable of understanding his matter – is already being condemned.</p><p>Since now Your Worthiness has for the benefit of this art and sundry other things promised to extract and provide me with a large lodestone from your mine I have a good will to see progress in this matter and am moved to put these my <i>Practica </i>for the coming year 1546 into writing for as Your Worthiness has no meagre capacity in astrological predictions to make discriminations and record nature's signs – which however must be derived solely from the courses of the planets and their position or placement relative to the other stars – You may easily weigh how very necessary it is that he who can help advise and give impetus to such an undertaking should do so in order that it can actually be brought to fruition.</p><p>So I hoped to in particular that I might in part accomplish this by means of a large lodestone. I would like therefore to ask Your Worthiness to execute the specificied transaction and to be gracious to accept this my published dedication in your honour for I remain ever willing whenever I may to demonstrate to Your Worthiness my love and service. </p><p>May God in heaven be with us and likewise ever protect your noble and virtuous wife and dear children.</p><p>Feldkirch Monday 27 July 1545.</p><p>Burmeister "'Mit subtilen fündlein und sinnreichen speculierungen.'". Die 'Practica auff das M.D.XLvj. jar' des Achilles Pirmin Gasser im Umfeld zeitgenössischer Astrolgen" <i>Montfort</i> 55 2003; Danielson "Achilles Gasser and the Birth of Copernicanism<i>" Journal for the History of Astronomy</i> 35/2004 457-74.</p> J. Petreius hardcover 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
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
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
18012688lParis: chez Janet 1801. <p>24mo binding size 95 x 63 mm. Nested quires composed from the outside in of: a  fold-out letterpress Gregorian calendar in columns with woodcut vignettes engraved title with stub 6-leaf engraved Republican calendar 24 pages engraved text interleaved with 12 engraved plates 6 bifolia and 24 pp. letterpress text a quire of 12 leaves signed A. Embroidered binding of ivory silk covers with metallic ribbon border enclosing oval cartouche of leafy branches alternating with roundels of sequin and purl enclosing on upper cover a bow arrow and quiver with flowering sprig and on lower cover a flowering plant both embroidered in variously colored threads and sequins; pink satin liners gilt edges. Losses to metallic borders and to some threads of cover designs. Bookplate of Carlo de Poortere.<br /><br />A charming almanac with 12 engravings and in an embroidered binding unknown to Grand-Carteret. This is a typical production of Pierre-Etienne Janet who in 1789 acquired the shop and bindery of his father-in-law Pierre Jubert relieur-doreur and path-breaking almanac publisher. In around 1790 Janet set up shop in the rue St. Jacques and began systematically publishing almanacs most with 12 plates. As usual for the Jubert and early Janet almanacs this little book was built up from "nested quires." In a formula that both repeated often the fold-out letterpress traditional calendar folds around the outside; next is the engraved title with conjugate stub then a 6-leaf unsigned letterpress quire with the Republican calendar for l'An IX starting with Vendémiaire Sept. 1800 which encloses 12 bifolia i.e. 24 leaves of engraved text and illustrations in which each text bifolium alternates with an illustrated bifolium. The illustrated bifolia are printed on one side only; thus 6 plates that appear before the fold are all printed on the versos while the 6 plates following the fold are on the rectos. At the center of all is an unpaginated 12-leaf letterpress quire signed "A" containing lyrics for songs titled "Ariettes nouvelles."<br /><br />Not in Grand-Carteret. OCLC cites only an unidentified Danish location Danish Union Catalogue.</p> chez Janet 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
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
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
18232966Argau Switzerland: Jakob Diebold 1823. Very Good. 4to. 48 pp. Pictorial wrappers stitched as issued. Tables printed in black & red lower page corners folded some moderate edge wear a bit of foxing or staining. Well worn but generally very good with a few small tears along edges. An extremely scarce 1824 provincial Swiss Almanac well illustrated with curious woodcuts including an elaborate title-page border in the neo-classical style back cover depiction of the slaughter of the Greek patriarch a double-page fold-out plate of a castle in Baden small dirt stain at top and twelve emblematic woodcuts depicting astrological attributes of each month. Owing to the fact that only one other copy seems to have survived it is not surprising that we have been unable to locate reproductions of any of these woodcuts published elsewhere. The title-page woodcut appears to have been signed in the border the artist / engraved "Z. Morman." Several of the woodcut zodiac symbols are signed "Z."<br/><br/>Jakob Diebold a bookbinder took over the publication of this Haus-Kalender a.k.a. the Swiss "Baden Kalendar" from Heinrich Joseph Keiser sometime after 1808 during which time he ran both the bindery and the Baldinger printing press. Sales of the almanac under Diebold greatly improved largely due to the improving economic and intellectual conditions of Baden. This calendar contains a "Directory of school books children's writings and writing materials which are available from B.J. Diebold book printers and bookbinders in Baden." The almanac includes a report on the New Year i.e. 1824 a directory and covers a range of topics including chronology astronomy astrology and herbal medicine.<br/><br/>The ZB Zurich has scattered holdings of Diebold's publication namely: 1811-1812; 1819-1821; 1824 the present year 1825-1826; 1831; 1837; 1846. The Landesmuseum has three unrelated issues 1817-1819. Jakob Diebold unknown books
184037606Boston: S.N. Dickinson 1840. Folio printed broadside 11-1/4" x 18-1/4." Printed in two columns: the left column prints the communication from S.N. Dickinson publisher of the Boston Almanac; the right column prints information about town officers post offices travel banks lawyers public houses physicians churches and other data; seeks confirmation of its accuracy and any additions. Old folds and light foxing Very Good.<br/><br/> Samuel Nelson Dickinson the Almanac's publisher writes "The object of this communication is the future improvement of the BOSTON ALMANAC." The Almanac though deserving "the highest praise" seeks to do even better. Hence to assure accuracy of information he has sent this rare broadside inquiry to representatives of the Massachusetts towns. He asks them to "fill up all the blanks and return the document to the subscriber." <br/>Not located on OCLC or the AAS web site as of May 2021. S.N. Dickinson unknown books
184137610Boston: J.A. Collins 1841. Original printed and illustrated green wrappers ink stain along half the front wrapper's blank inner margin with engraving of Lady Liberty surrounded by slaves and freedom-loving white people. Stitched. 36pp. Title page and text illustrations. Lightly foxed. Very Good. <br/><br/> A scarce Almanac also appearing with a publication date of 1840. The Almanac is noteworthy for its excellent content on the Amistad incident including portraits of Cinque and others. <br/> "Things for Abolitionists to Do" recommends working to establish schools for free children of color. Also included are "Hints to Anti-Slavery Debaters;" an "Ecclesiastical Roll of Infamy" listing northern clergy of the Methodist Episcopal Church who voted for a resolution prohibiting "colored persons to give testimony against white persons;" and a "Congressional Roll of Infamy" of Northern congressmen who voted for the Gag Rule prohibiting Congress from entertaining petitions to abolish slavery in Washington D.C. As to the presidential campaign the authors say "President Van Buren and General Harrison have both publicly taken the side of the oppressor against the oppressed and the God of the oppressed. Both of them glory in it." <br/>Dumond 83 this imprint. Drake 4222. J.A. Collins unknown books
1860WRCAM41779New York: B.L. Judson & Co. 1860. 24pp. Original yellow printed wrappers. Spine mostly perished. Some chipping and tears to wrappers. Very minor soiling. Good. A rare patent-medicine almanac reprinting the story of an herbalist's rescue of Tula the Aztec princess likely fabricated to promote the sale of Judson's various medicaments. Originally printed in 1859 by the same publisher the almanac recounts the story of the "wealthy herbalist Dr. Cunard who with a trapper named Du Bois or Hawk Eye spent seven years trapping and travelling throughout the Far West. The doctor had a number of unusual experiences not the least of which was his single-handed defiance of the Navajo Tribe as they were about to burn Tula the Aztec princess at the stake. This was accomplished by capitalizing on the fortuitous imminence of a total eclipse of which the good doctor knew after consulting his handy little almanac. The Navajo chief was as confounded as Merlin in an earlier day and promptly gave up not only Tula but also his secret mountain-herb recipe. A trapper's testimonial direct from St. Louis concludes this 'True Account'" - Eberstadt. The almanac seems to have been published for only about four years 1860- 63 although the advertisement/story does appear in a few other almanacs as well. OCLC locates only one copy of the 1861 almanac and only one of most of the others as well at the Rochester Museum and Science Center. Rare and interesting. EBERSTADT 127:215 ref. B.L. Judson & Co. 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
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
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
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
184057249New York: J.P. Giffing 1840. Improved edition. 8vo. 36 pp. Illustrated with wood engravings front and rear wrappers illustrated with a wood engraving. Almanac information for each month with a 22-page biography of William Henry Harrison. Sabin 30579. American Imprints 41-2404. Drake 7809. Foxed else very good. Original illustrated self-wrappers stitched. #4401. <br/><br/> J.P. Giffing unknown books
1835WRCAM41291Boston: Published by Charles Ellms 1835. 48pp. including numerous illustrations. Stitched as issued. Tanning light foxing. Very good. Untrimmed and partially unopened. A collection of numerous witticisms anecdotes and a comical tale taking place in London. Very heavily illustrated with woodcuts of a humorous nature. AMERICAN IMPRINTS 31085. DRAKE 4102. Published by Charles Ellms unknown books
18656226Paris: Pagnerre Libraire-Editeur rue de Seine 18; Typographie de Henri Plon 1865. Duodecimo 14.5 x 10.5 cm. 200 pages. Engraved illustrations in the text. Table des Matieres. The eighth year of this popular French almanac with calendar and ephemeris but unlike most American "culinary almanacs" the bulk of this work is indeed related to food with sections on various foodstuffs vegetables birds fish sauces etc. and many recipes. The attractive wrapper illustration by "F. Grenan" depicts two women working in the kitchen one cooking at the stove the other writing while handling some vegetables and birds. Is she recording a recipe or perhaps just back from market and keeping up accounts Like other copies of this almanac we've seen the illustration is hand-colored. Dog ears to some pages; otherwise internally sound and clean. Wrapper corners chipped and light soiling. Near very good in a handsome custom-made clamshell box. OCLC locates five institutions with single issues of runs of this periodical. Pagnerre, Libraire-Editeur, rue de Seine, 18; Typographie de Henri Plon unknown books
18116592Gottingen: chez Henri Dieterich 1811. Hardcover. Very Good. 12mo 134 x 84mm. 172pp. 38pp. Supplement ii Table and advertisement leaf. Text in French. Engraved frontispiece of Antinous and 7 full-page engraved vignettes of seasons; figures in costume and views of countryside four are signed by Hogarth. Later marbled paper covered boards; margins trimmed lightly browned; corners worn. Rare French Edition of the pocket Almanac of Gottingen also known as the Gottingen Taschenkalendar. Well preserved with several fine illustrations depicting fashionable figures many designed after Hogarth. Divided into two parts the first part contains the calendar genealogy of the Royal Houses of Europe and the second part has instructive and entertaining stories with the usual almanac information added at the end including a report of new inventions tables of weights and measures money rates statistics or the population of almost 350 cities. The almanac de Goettingue was one of the best illustrated almanacs of its time it was published in 37 volumes from 1776 until 1813 most of these volumes were printed in German and French editions. Gottingen is an old German city which has medieval roots dating from 1150 and 1200. It has a famous university Georg-August-Universitat which was founded in 1737. The 1811 edition is important for its plates from Stedman's Narrative. The almanacs are collected for their Hogarthian engravings. <br/><br/> chez Henri Dieterich 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
1826620812mo. Boston: Christian Register Office 1826. 12mo 48pp. lacking covers. Chipping to front free endpaper with folds at top right corner. Tear along front hinge about 1-inch from bottom. Inscription to front free endpaper and notes throughout. In a new cloth folding box. § Inscribed by Percy Loring to the Rev. Mr. Brooks probably in or near to 1824. The Lorings of the Boston area were a very prominent family in the 18th-century though no mention was found of a Percy in the family records. With a later inscription to Francis Thompson and nephews and Cropper Benson. Christian Register Office hardcover 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
1856WRCAM37622Boston & Cleveland: Damrell Moore G. Coolidge and John P. Jewett 1856. 128pp. including four full-page wood-engraved illustrations with green-tinted backgrounds plus twenty pages of advertisements primarily illustrated before and after the text. 16mo. Original red publisher's cloth stamped in blind and gilt a.e.g. Spine worn at top and bottom. Front and rear pastedowns are both advertisements with gold printing on red paper. Modern booksellers tickets pasted on front and rear pastedown. Four additional pages of advertisements printed in gold on red paper. Wood engraved illustrated titlepage with background tinted green. Six additional wood engraved illustrations in text with green-tinted backgrounds. Textblock moderately sprung. A very good copy. A rare edition of this handsomely produced mid-19th-century almanac published for women. The first fifty-two pages of the volume are devoted to the year 1857. Each month includes a calendar with solar and lunar information for northern middle and southern states; a page for daily memoranda; and text including anniversaries events and maxims specific for each month. Four months January April July and October also include full-page wood engraved illustrations with the background tinted light green. The remainder of the volume has a variety of brief reading selections with topics including household economy woman's sphere in modern life marriage gardening the aesthetics of dress and literary questions. The illustrated advertisements found before and after the text promote a wide range of Boston commercial establishments. These include a bookstore a wood engraver and stores for French and American paper-hangings furniture and sewing machines. Four of these advertisements are strikingly printed in gold on red paper as are the advertisements on the front and rear pastedowns. A rare lady's almanac from the mid-1800s; OCLC records a single copy. OCLC 46680535. Damrell, Moore, G. Coolidge and John P. Jewett hardcover books
184450187Wheeling VA: Published by John J. Haswell bookseller and stationer; printed and sold by Johnston & Stockton Pittsburg 1844. 12mo. 24 leaves. Includes a biographical sketch of Benjamin Rush and a long article on "will making." Not in Drake Almanacs of the United States. Original printed wrappers somewhat soiled stitched; erosion in bottom margin not affecting text. Solid copy. One listing on OCLC AAS. <br/><br/> Published by John J. Haswell, bookseller and stationer; printed and sold by Johnston & Stockton, Pittsburg unknown books
