French almanac (6 resultados)

(9.7 cm) 32mo. [112] pp. 2 folding engraved plates. Original decorative pink paper wrappers with an elaborate gilt-stamped pattern; rubbed, darkened. Very good. With 2 engraved folding plates showing France and Europe: 1) "Planetaire", "Mappe-Monde", "Europe", "La France", 2) "Listes de MM. les Membres de la Chambre des Deputes, session de 1816", "Division de la France." Contents: Eopques pour 1817; Fetes Mobiles; Hotels des Monnaies; Calendrier; Tableau des plus grandes Marees de 1817; Heures de la Mer dans quelques Ports; Table de l'intervalle de temps dont la haute Mer; Valeur des Piastres en Francs et Centimes, etc.…

Hardcover. Condición: 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 of these 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). 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.…

Exceptionally rare edition of this charming almanac for 1805 and 1806, with a calendar for one and a half year, running from September 1805 to December 1806. This was done because the work followed after almanacs that used the French Republican Calendar (1793-1805), which ran from September to September instead of from January to December. Other than the calendar, the almanac includes educational songs on friendship, silence, family, and various emotions, set to popular tunes, and illustrated with 12 engraved plates. Together, this was intended as a "School for adolescents", teaching young people about courting and various types of relationships. On the last page the eclipses of the sun and moon for 1806 are listed, including those not visible in Europe. The almanac was also published for the years 1807, 1808, and 1809, but all editions are very scarce today. We have only been able to find one other copy of the present 1805/1806 edition in sales records, but it has not mentioned in any of the literature, nor has it been recorded in institutions.With a contemporary annotation in Dutch on the first free flyleaf ("Tis niet genoeg te beminen[!] maar best eerst wel te vezinnen[!]"). The head of the spine has been bumped, a round black stain on the back board. The work has been bound into one quire instead of two, causing errors in the pagination. Otherwise in good condition.l Cf. Bondy, Miniature books, p. 48; Grand-Carteret 1526 (for the years 1807 and 1808); Welsh, A bibliography of miniature books, 6239-6240 (idem); not in Gumuchian; WorldCat. Contemporary gold-tooled straight-grained red morocco, spine decoratively gilt, decorative double borders on both boards, gilt edges, brocade endpapers. With 12 full-page engraved plates showing young people talking, playing, and courting. Pages: 16, 24, 17-31 [=15], [1] pp.…

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). 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. Pages: [40] ll.…

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 d'Houry (1723-1786). The family of D'Houry 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 Debure's 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 Napoleon's 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. 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. Pages: [16], 832 pp.…

L' École des meurs, ou les soirées de Célie [] (8) 112 pp. In-32, H. 10 x W. 5,5 x D. 2 cm. Fine embroidered binding. With 12 engravings, ivory silk, boards, and spine decorated with embroidery of gold thread, rhinestones, and sequins, miniature under mica on each cover, mirror on the first flyleaf, pink tabis lining, Augsburg paper endpapers, and gilt edges.Extremely rare gallant almanac printed in the Netherlands, in the style of the Parisian almanacs, decorated with a title vignette and 12 engravings. Ornament with two painted miniatures: a young man with a basket of flowers by her side is talking to a tiny animal, partially erased (puppy or kitten). Some very slight mica damage.No copy in the CCFr or WorldCat. …