Live veiling - Lot 896
[Almanac]
London Almanack for the Year of Christ 1783.
[London], for the Company of Stationers, [1782]
€ 200 / 300
Live bieden (Drouot*) Live bieden (Invaluable*)Biedingen zijn afgesloten.
Beschrijving lot
64mo, 6 x 3,4 cm : [13] ff.
Richly gilt-tooled red morocco, metal clasps, gilt orn. flat spine, a.e.g. Good copy.
Beautiful miniature almanac, engraved throughout. Ill. with a view of the Ordnance Office, Old Palace Yard. The London Almanack appeared continuously for over 200 years since 1690. Each leaf is printed on one side only. In this copy the leaves were pasted together to form 13 ff. Revenue stamp on 1st f. Ms. ownership's mention dated 1788. Ref. Welsh 4573. - Bondy p. 40. - Spielmann p. 107 sq. - COPAC.