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178835024Paris: Veuve D'Houry & Debure. Very Good with no dust jacket. 1788. Hardcover. 716 pages. 8vo 192x121 mm contemporary mottled calf gilt with calf lettering piece ends rubbed; some toning and very minor foxing. NOTES: For the year of the Convocation Generale with statistics for schools churches government etc. Of the 93 vols published 1700-1792 this is one of the most sought. . Veuve D'Houry & Debure hardcover
17666208Edinburgh: Printed for and sold by R. Fleming 1766. 12mo ff. 24 pp. 25-120. First three gatherings printed on alternate openings only. Contemporary vellum boards bordered with double blind rules. A touch toned. Binding a little soiled small patch of wear to front board. Clipping of signature of J. Millar pasted to pastedown contemporary ink notes to flyleaves red duty stamp to first page. An attractive pocket almanac in which a previous owner has made some notes to the flyleaves mostly relating to money debited and credited and lent to a woman named Tiby Brown to buy shoes. Scarce with Library Hub recording 3 copies all in Scotland: NLS NMS and St Andrews. Printed for and sold by R. Fleming hardcover
17857674Edinburgh: Printed for R. & G. Flemings 1785. 12mo pp. 92 i.e. 192. Contemporary sheep boards bordered with a blind roll. Paper toned one or two edge tears some light soiling. Binding a bit rubbed and marked extremities worn. Ownership inscription of J. Fullarton to flyleaf red tax stamp to title-page. A scarce Edinburgh almanac ESTC locating copies in the NLS Paxton House St Andrews and Yale only. ESTC N472080. Printed for R. & G. Flemings hardcover
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
1793374080Portsmouth NH: Printed by John Melcher for and sold by the shopkeepers in town and country 1793. Woodcut portrait on the title. 24pp. 12mo. Stitched. Woodcut portrait on the title. 24pp. 12mo. The woodcut portrait on the title would appear to be a fanciful depiction of Louis XVI executed in 1793. Drake 4670; ESTC W26758. Not in Evans or Bristol Printed [by John Melcher] for, and sold by the shopkeepers in town and country unknown
17888530a<p>Sole edition of this entertaining almanac for 1789 aimed at young people but presumably not children with a delightful suite of humorous and mildly erotic plates by François-Marie-Isidore Quéverdo. Each month is given an engraving several verses and songs with music. Among the latter is found 'Air de la negresse' — a three-verse song with music from or perhaps just inspired by Radet's 1787 opéra-comique La Negresse. Though recorded by both Gay and Carteret we have not located any institutional copy in the usual online catalogues WorldCat KVK CCFr JISC. Carteret 866; Gay I 112.</p><p>32mo 96 × 55 mm pp. 6 61 1 6 including 12 engraved plates by Quéverdo plus integral printed wrapper with engraved title and 'Remarques pour la présente année 1789' at front and imprint and decorative panel border at rear. Engraved throughout including music. Some pages closely cut just affecting ruled borders or touching the musical staves in a very few instances. Gilt edges stitched as issued loose in contemporary/original gilt morocco chemise. Wrappers very slightly rubbed and dusty but an excellent survival.</p> [Jagot for] Boulanger.
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
17771014001777. Paris Le Breton 1777. 647pp. Contemporary mottled calf some restaurations. Spine gold tooled. A nice and clean copy. An almanac is a book containing the days weeks and months of the year together with information about festivals and holidays ecclesiastical festivals astronomical data and often other information. The Almanach Royal was the official French Almanac that also gave lists of the members of the Royal Family Church Officials Officers Ambassadors etc. etc. It was widely read by everyone who needed to know about the current state of the French administrative system. unknown
1786FLMma(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
176221481Amsterdam" = Paris sold in Paris 1762. 24mo 9.5 x 5.6 cm. Duchesne Contemporary gold-tooled French red morocco fine green gold and white brocade paper endpapers with a foral pattern. Each page printed in simple woodcut border with several small head and tailpieces. 40 ll. Only known copy of a beautifully bound French almanach for the year 1763 accompanied by many popular songs. The survival of the present almanach is extremely rare as we have not been able to trace any other copy from the same year and only one set of similar almanachs for the years 1757-1762 at the Bibliothèque nationale de France. The present work is a charming miniature almanac which contains - besides the usual calendar for the year 1763 - several songs mainly love songs but also bacchic songs and "les plaisirs de la critique". The last three pages contain a bookseller's catalogue of other contemporary French almanachs.The title page and the last page show some slight colour offsetting of the pastedowns some occasional minor foxing. Otherwise in very good condition.l This edition not in Grand-Carteret; STCN; WorldCat; cf. WorldCat 470104514 a set of the same almanachs for the years 1757-1762 at the BnF. unknown
17979688Lancaster PA: Johann Albrecht 1797. Original Wrappers. Very Good binding. Small quarto. 44 pp. illus. First edition. As issued in original wrappers. Evidence of early reinforcement to the spine perhaps as issued ; wear to the extremities including a few closed tears to out leaves; some loss to the top corner of many leaves not touching text at all; occasional instances of contemporary marginal annotation. <br /> <br /> A wonderful full-page engraved cover of an agricultural scene with allegorical figures in each corner. This almanac was published under two titles from 1788-1833. Brendle and Unger A15 note that the "majority of the issues contain various domestic recipes including medical ones for man and beast." Printer's advertisements occupy p. 2. Text in German. A very nice Lancaster imprint. Evans 32519; First Century of German Language Printing 1080; Drake 10465; ESTC W22926. Johann Albrecht unknown
17832047<p>24mo pp. viii 4-8 10-11 13-14 16-17 19-46 48-49 51-52 54-55 57-58 60-61 8; with twelve engraved plates; title-page entirely engraved; some light spotting in places but largely clean and fresh; in contemporary boards elaborately decorated in gilt and gouache depicting a vase of flowers preserved in the original slipcase; binding somewhat rubbed and foot of case loose but still a very attractive copy.</p><p>A lovely copy of this very rare almanac for the year 1783 comprising both a calendar and a collection of songs for each month with each illustrated with a plate by the painter François-Marie-Isidor Queverdo 1748-1797 engraved by his frequent collaborator Jean Dambrun 1744-c. 1814.</p><p>Cohen/De Ricci p. 47 for the 1784 edition; OCLC records only one copy of this year at Vassar College.</p><p>The texts range from drinking songs to erotic rounds to songs extolling the delights of hunting and fishing and finishes with a page detailing the various Almanac offerings of Boulanger 'Doreur sur Cuir et sur Soie'.</p> Chez Boulanger
179558736Gottingen: Ioh. Chr. Dieterich 1795. 24mo 10.5cm. Printed green glazed paper boards manuscript paper labels to spine all edges gilt; coated endpapers and flyleaves; 582282pp; engraved title page and 29 engraved plates. Embosed ownership stamp of David B. Dickens to t.p.; library markings and call numbers to front endpapers. General moderate wear to boards spine and hinges cracking but internally clean: around Very Good.<br /> <br /> Pocket almanac in the original boards with numerous illustrations depicting contemporary styles and social scenes. With printed note to the bookbinder at rear. Ioh. Chr. Dieterich unknown
17082530London: R. Burrough and T. Baker 1708. FIRST EDITION. Contemporary paneled speckled calf raised bands on spine morocco label joints cracked head and foot of spine chipped; interior excellent. Library stamp from the New York State University Long Island Center. First edition. Revealing biographies of senior English functionaries. The first and majority section contains the biography of Earl Edward Hyde of Clarendon. The work is often attributed to historian John Oldmixon. <br /> <br /> Hyde 1609-1674 was the first Earl of Clarendon a historian who wrote The History of the Rebellion and Civil Wars in England 1717 and The History of Rebellion and Civil War in Ireland 1720. R. Burrough and T. Baker unknown
17573782<b><i>Scarce 1758 Almanac with Great F&I War Content</i></b><p>This almanac provides vivid insight into the impact of the French & Indian War on the American colonies. A fiery poetic narrative is carried through at the head of each monthly calendar page. For instance August's verse:</p><p>"This Month alas! Proclaims a double Woe</p><p>Both 'Swego and Lake George our Losses know;<br /></p><p>Fort William-Henry felt the fatal stroke</p><p>From faithless Villains. Who their promise broke</p><p>False to their Words our Men became their Prey;</p><p>And do we yet a just Revenge delay."</p><p>Following the calendar pages is a four-page "Continuation of the Historical Account of Affairs in North America…" which provides a summary of military actions from the loss of the fort at Oswego in August 1756 through "the last Day of August 1757 since which we can add no further Intelligence."</p><p>Also of significance is a full page devoted to "A short discourse on Comets with some account of that which is expected to appear in the present year 1758." It references Dr. Halley's work and includes this nod to the progress of the science of astronomy: "If therefore this comet return according to this period in 1758 and there is the greatest reason to think it will astronomy will then have something new to boast of." Halley's comet as it is now known did indeed appear on Christmas night 1758.</p><p>A rare almanac. RareBookHub notes only one listing: an auction in 1924 for which no price was given. ESTC identifies 3 institutional holders: AAS 2 copies NY Historical Society and the Huntington Library.</p><p><b>References:</b> ESTC: W36489. Evans: 7960. Drake <i>Almanacs</i>: 5712.</p><p><b>Condition:</b> String tied. Some mild staining and a bit of edge roughness. One closeable tear at the gutter of the first leaf. A strong impression throughout. Overall a very well-preserved example.</p>ICN 7659. Printed and sold by J. Parker and W. Weyman, at the new-printing-office in Beaver-Street
1786ABC_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. hardcover
1779ABC_48279Leeuwarden 1779. 12mo. Abraham Ferwerda and Gerrit Tresling Contemporary gold-tooled mottled calf sewn on 4 supports with the corresponding raised bands on the spine the coat of arms of Friesland in the centre of both boards surrounded by a double fillet frame with corner pieces gold-tooled board edges red sprinkled edges red sprinkled end papers. With a woodcut vignette on the title page of ad 1 and a vignette built up from typographical ornaments on the title page of ad 2 the first two quires of ad 1 are interleaved with blank leaves. 2 works in 1 volume. 88; 132 pp. Ad 1: Rare late 18th century Frisian almanac. The work includes a calendar marking saints days lunar phases and market days throughout the country. Tides and eclipses are also listed as well as the timetables of barges ferries and postal services to various towns in and beyond Friesland. In addition the almanac includes an "address book" of important figures in the country such as government official councillors and lawyers at the Court and the Admiralty Councils professors at the Franeker Academy and members of the clergy. The Friesch comptoir almanach was published by Abraham Ferwerda 1716-1783 and Gerrit Tresling 1739-1787 from 1742 to 1781 but only one or two copies from each year have been recorded by the STCN.Ad 2: Rare late 18th century Dutch memo book for 1779 and the first two months of 1780. The work is highly reminiscent of a modern diary with blank leaves for each week of the year. It also includes a specification of seals and a list of the differences between the weights used in towns across Western Europe.The spine ends are chipped both covers with two small pinholes along the fore edge likely remnants of clasps or catches. The leaves are somewhat browned. Otherwise in good condition.l Ad 1: STCN 318489422 1 copy; not in Vandenhole; ad 2: this ed. not in the STCN. hardcover
1778ABC_48239Amsterdam: The widow Van Esveldt and Willem Holtrop 1778. Contemporary sprinkled boards with a paper shelf mark label at the foot of the spine red sprinkled edges. 12mo. Both volumes with an engraved title page within an ornamental border an engraved page with the signs of the Zodiac a folding map of Malakka Sumatra Java and Borneo in vol. 1 and of the west coast of Africa in vol. 2 coloured in outlines and 12 full-page engraved plates in the calendar. 2 volumes. With: ALMANAC. Historische geographische konst- en reis almanach voor den jaare 1783 Amsterdam Willem Holtrop 1782. Set of two Dutch almanacs for the years 1779 and 1783 focussing on history and art. They are part of a series published from 1767 onwards by Van Esveldt in Amsterdam which was based on a similar German example. Each volume is illustrated with a map coloured in outlines of a different part of the globe and 12 full-page engraved plates depicting historical events from Dutch recent history each with a poem of 8 lines underneath. These events are mostly local and include for example a fire at the year market viewings of the northern lights the beaching of a cetacean and the discovery of an old treasure. Other than the usual items tides eclipses routes and timetables of post coaches to all European destinations timetables of ferries etc. the almanacs also include recent discoveries the number of inhabitants of important cities in Europe two parts of a series on the planets and short biographies of all living royals at the time.With an unclear impression of the library stamp from a Professor Emil in Munich in both volumes. The boards are somewhat rubbed the edges and corners are scuffed. Volume 1 is lacking the flyleaves in the front and back occasional minor foxing mostly in the second volume. Otherwise in good condition.l Ad 1: STCN 302380043 3 copies; Ad 2: STCN 173665136 3 copies; not in Vandenhole; Welsh. The widow Van Esveldt, and Willem Holtrop, hardcover
17399676London: R Nutt 1739. Original edition. Full Leather gold stamped front and back. Good. 12mo. pp. 60 original period red leather cover with gold embossing and remnants of a lock; unusual hand block printed endpapers. Contains gardening hints for the year eclipses beer measures holidays notable days in history wage and interest tables geographical description of the world descriptions of the highways and dimensions in Great Britain and a calendar of the fairs for the year. An interesting glimpse of English life in the 18th century. All in all a lovely collectible almanac and one of the earliest editions currently available. R Nutt hardcover
1782ABC_50232Middelburg 1782. 16mo. Jan Dane Original publisher's printed boards with the title and the arms of Zeeland in black on the front and the arms of Middelburg with the imprint on the back both within an ornamental border red sprinkled edges. With an engraved title by R. Vinkeles and 5 folding plates. 70 475-568 =22 pp. Separate volume of the famous Zeeland almanac teaching 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. The present volume describes the coins which are depicted on the folding plates. It further includes the calendar information on the tides and 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 and an illustrated description of the Middelburg town hall. It also contains the fifth instalment of a chronicle of the history of Zeeland which was published in parts in each volume.The boards and spine have been somewhat rubbed with some loss of material at the head and foot of the spine. The leaves are slightly browned. Otherwise in good condition.l Nijhoff-Van Hattum 349; STCN 17217516X; not in Vandenhole; Waller. hardcover
1777ABC_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
177927545Philadelphia: Printed and sold by John Dunlap 1779. A very early issue of a Weatherwise American Almanac. Illustrated with the well-known anatomical woodcut of a man “governed by the twelve constellations†and woodcut page frames. 12mo original printed self wrappers stitched. 15 leaves unnumbered including printed wrappers. A very well preserved little almanac the wrappers somewhat worn at the corners the rear with a little loss at the bottom outside corner some expected toning and mellowing to the paper and some spotting but complete and very usable and with the original stitching still strong and tight. AN EARLY WEATHERWISE ALMANAC and a competitor of Franklin's "Poor Richard". Abraham Weatherwise was of course a pseudonym and one which was likely used by multiple almanac printers. They “ushered in the healthiest and most interesting period of almanac making†Sagendorph 116.<br> Along with the typical astronomical data and weather forecasts this almanac also contains a table valuing the dollar humorous stories and historical tracts a collection of hints and home remedies for the care of horses court dates for Pennsylvania and New Jersey and a schedule for Quaker meetings. Printed and sold by John Dunlap unknown
178441949Trenton: Printed and Sold by Isaac Collins 1784. 12mo. 40pp as issued. Stitched. Untrimmed with chipping at blank edges and blank margins. Very Good. Anatomical illustration on page 2. <br /> <br /> With a four-line poem on the Air Balloon tables of roads and distances currency court schedules. <br /> FIRST EDITION. Felcone Printing in New Jersey 403. Evans 18811. Drake 5132. ESTC W29806. Printed and Sold by Isaac Collins unknown
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
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 small loss to border of lower cover inner backstrip archivally reinforced some scuffing to lower cover.<br/> <br/> <br /> <p>A nice example of 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. <br /> <br /> Printed in a very small but easily legible typeface designed by Collombat the calendar with its ephemerides uses numerous typographic astrological symbols which he only started using in 1730 when he was finally able to have small enough symbols designed and cast as he stated in his 1731 issue cf. Grand-Carteret. The remaining text contains information of interest to the Court: lists of officials and their various charges births and deaths throughout the European royal families prominent members of the clergy etc. At the end are tables of practical information: a table of proper expenses for various annual incomes from 10 to 100000 livres the age of the world or a table of wine prices by muid an ancient unit of measure used for liquids and grains. <br /> <br /> These almanacs were used by virtually all courtiers and ladies at Court and the bindings and cover materials reflected their owners’ ranks. The present pretty gold-blocked covers of fine material but relatively simple to produce and probably commissioned by the publishers would have been considered appropriate for an official or lady of relatively low standing. <br /> <br /> Cf. Grand-Carteret Les Almanachs français no. 92 and p. XLI.</p> Jacques Collombat unknown
