1784.

Obl. 32mo, 7 x 4 cm, [19] ff.

Cont. ivory silk embroidered with gilt thread and decorated with coloured sequins, embroidered flat spine, pink tabis inner covers with small mirror inserted at top and wallet at bottom, a.e.g. Sl. traces of use otherwise nice copy.

Precious pocket calendar. Contains 12 printed 6-lines poems ("Le Portugais jaloux", "L'Espagnole constante", "Le gaillard Lapon", "Le Russe soumis", "L'Angloise exigeante"...) and an engraved calendar, each month with at head a delightful vignette illustrating seasonal pleasures ("Les étrennes d'amour", "Le bal misterieux", "Les adieux de Mars", "Le petit nid", "Les cerisses", "Le bain amoureux", "La partie d'hyver", etc.). Old cat. cutting pasted at the end. Gilt armorial bookplate on blue leather Sir David Lionel Solomons. Bart. Broomhill Tunbridge Wells (British scientific author, 1851-1925, renowned collector of illustrated 18th c. books).