ALMANACK WITH ACADEMIC ACCOUTREMENTS

Calendrier de la cour, tire des éphéméridess, pour l’année mil sept cent soixante-dix-neuf … imprimé pour la famille royale et maison de sa majesté.

Paris, widow Hérissant, 1779.

24mo, pp. [126]; first and last leaves pasted to free endpapers; woodcut armorial vignette to title, woodcut diagrams, printed within a border throughout; bound in contemporary red morocco, boards blocked in gilt with large central device, spine gilt in compartments, edges gilt, gilt orange brocade endpapers.

£350

Approximately:
US $454€416

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A charming French court almanack, attractively bound in red morocco with a central vignette depicting the accoutrements of learned life, including a globe, a pen and paper, and measuring instruments.

The almanack provides a calendar with solar and lunar timings, important astronomical and liturgical dates, and woodcut diagrams explaining the five eclipses predicted for 1779. It includes also extensive lists of royal and ecclesiastical appointments as well as tables of weights and measures.

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