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(ALMANAC.)
Almanach Historique et Géographique de la Picardie. Année
1759.
248 pages. 12mo, 111x61 mm, contemporary red morocco elaborately gilt-stamped
with the arms of Chrétien-Guillaume de Lamoignon de Malesherbes (1721-94, Olivier
2016.4), gilt decorated paper endleaves; margins trimmed touching some headlines, con-
tents clean apart from ink stain and stamp of M. Fourcroy on title.
Amiens: widow Godart, [1758?]
[300/500]
2
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(ALMANAC.)
Étrennes Amusantes pour l’Année 1764.
Folding leaf of letter-
press music. [60] leaves. 24mo, 94x53 mm, contemporary fabric over pasteboard
embroidered with silver thread around onlaid gouache-on-paper vignettes on covers, silk
endleaves, mirror mounted inside front cover within frame of silver braid; contents clean;
contemporary gilt-tooled morocco pull-off case. Paris: C. P. Gueffier, [1763?]
[500/750]
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(ALMANAC.)
Grosser Leipziger Etui-Kalender auf das Jahr 1800.
12 etched
plates. [37] leaves of letterpress text, printed on recto only. Oblong 8vo, 73x193 mm, origi-
nal wrappers; some text leaves toned, stain in lower outer corner of a few leaves toward
end; original board slipcase.
Leipzig: Friedrich August Leo, [1799?]
[150/250]
Dates are given according to the Gregorian and French Revolutionary calendars, including
Catholic and Orthodox saints’ days.
EARLY PRINTED BOOKS
Lots 1-305
Images of each lot can be found at
swanngalleries.com4
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(ALMANAC.) Praetorius, Johannes.
Schreyb Kalender . . . Auff das Jar
M.D.LXXX. Mit sampt den Evangelien,
auff alle Sontag im gantzen Jar.
Woodcut historiated and ornamental bor-
ders, vignettes of scenes from the life of
Christ, and headpieces depicting seasonal
labors. [14] leaves. Printed and red and
black throughout. 4to, 208x158 mm,
disbound; scattered stains, extensive anno-
tations by a contemporary owner.
Nuremberg: Valentin Neuber, [1579?]
[400/600]
The Sunday Gospels noted on the title are
only illustrated chapter references. Not located
in VD16, USTC, KVK, OCLC, or NUC.