Almanac de l'Etat pour l'année MDCCLXIX. Enrichi de deux cartes enluminées & de figures en taille-douce.

32mo, 10 x 6 cm : 160 pp. (sl. browning throughout, margins somewhat used). 

Contemp. vellum painted in red with a central green rectangle and orn. with floral blind tools (small hole in lower cover, sl. discol.), flat spine, pink silk endpapers (defect.), a.e.g. Good copy.

Nice and very rare (unrecorded ?) small almanac (but not miniature) illustrated with 2 folding maps (Utrecht and Friesland, outlines handcol.) and 17 engr. plates incl. 8 folding with French and Dutch captions ("Repos de chasse/De rustende jagers", "La vieille folle amoureuse/ De oude verliefde zottin", "Contract de mariage/ Huwelycks voorwaarde", etc.). With some pl. representing the ceremonies of the Joyous Entry of the Prince of Orange and his wife the Princess of Prussia in Amsterdam  in May 1768. With numerous information on transport, banks, European nobility, etc. Ref. Not in Welsh, Bondy, Spielmann, STCN, COPAC.