Book History, Education, Learning & Printing

[ALMANAC]. Almanac généalogique pour lan 1787 avec lapprobation de lAcadémie Royale des sciences et belles lettres à Berlin.
Berlin, George Jacques Decker, [1786]. 24mo (10.7 x 6.2 cm). With an engraved portrait of Princess Frederique of Prussia by C. Tounley after Cuningham, dated 1786 as a frontispiece. This is printed on one double-leaf with the engraved title page. Further with a folding engraved map (13 x 18.2 cm) by D.F. Soltzmann after C.L. Oesfeld (1785) showing the projected Kiel Canal, 12 numbered etchings illustrating the 12 months of the calendar by Daniel Chodowiecki. Text of all pages printed within a frame with small corner pieces. Contemporary German embroidered binding: ivory silk over boards, sides purled with (blackened) silver threat, a double row of silver sequins enclosing on the front cover the embroidered year "1787" within a wreath of silver thread hanging on an embroidered knot and on the back cover a basket with colored flowers also hanging on a knot, spine ornamented with silver thread, gilt edges. [240] pp. Full description

[ALMANAC]. Almanach der weetenschappen en geleerdheid voor 't jaar 1793.
Amsterdam, J. van Gulik, [1792]. 24mo. With an engraved title with allegorical vignette, and 12 full-page engraved plates by J.C. de Huijzer. Contemporary mottled boards. [32], 96 pp. Full description

[ALMANAC]. Almanach de la cour de la ville et des départements pour lannée 1807.
With:
(2) IDEM. Almanach de la cour de la ville et des départements pour lannée 1809.
(3) IDEM. Almanach de la cour de la ville et des départements pour lannée 1814.
(4) IDEM. Almanach de la cour de la ville et des départements pour lannée 1815.
(5) IDEM. Almanach de la cour de la ville et des départements pour lannée 1824.
(6) IDEM. Almanach de la cour de la ville et des départements pour lannée 1825.
Paris, imprimerie de J.M. Eberhart (volumes 3-6: imprimerie de Richomme) for Janet, [1806-1824]. 6 volumes. 12mo (ca. 11.5 x 6.5 cm). Each volume with an engraved title and 4 full-page steel-engraved plates protected by tissue paper guards, volume 4 with an extra portrait of Louis XVIII. Contemporary coloured boards (green, pink, blue or grey), gilt edges, volume 3 with lithographed boards and the title printed in black on the spine, volumes 5 and 6 in a matching slipcase, with the title lettered in gold on the spine. [32], 190, [2], [12]; [32], 196, [4], [12]; [32], 240, [8]; [32], 228, [4]; [32], 254, [2]; [32], 254, [2] pp. Full description

[ALMANAC]. Joconde ou les coureurs d'aventures.
Including: [IDEM]. Petit souvenir des dames.
Paris, chez Janet, [1815]. 2 parts in 1 volume. 16mo. With an engraved title for both parts, and 6 fine stipple-engraved plates by Massol after designs by Sébastian Le Roy, protected by tissue paper guards. Contemporary gold-tooled dark red paper, imitating straight-grained morocco, with a vine on the spine and an ornamental border on both boards, gilt edges. Housed in a matching slipcase. 48, [36] pp. Full description

[ALMANAC]. Calendrier royal de la cour, pour lannée 1819. Publié pour la première fois en 1756.
The Hague, Gosse et Comp., [1818]. 12mo. With the coat of arms of the Dutch Kingdom on the title page, and a folding engraved hand-coloured map of the Dutch Kingdom in a roundel by Basnel & son, with a list of all the provinces of the Kingdom with the numbers of their populations, and distances from Amsterdam, The Hague, and Brussels. Contemporary gold-tooled imitation long-grained red Morocco, with an ornamental border on both boards, gilt edges. The work is housed in the original matching slipcase. 84, 192, 55, [1] pp. Full description

[ALMANAC]. Almanak, aan bevalligheid & deugd gewijd. 1819.
Amsterdam, Marten Westerman, [1818]. 16mo. With an engraved calligraphic title, a folding engraved leaf with musical scores, and 6 full-page engraved plates by P. Velyn. Contemporary vellum over thin boards, gilt edges, house in the original matching slipcase. [28], 15, [1], 99, [1 blank] pp. Full description

[ALMANAC]. Almanak voor reizigers in het Koningrijk der Nederlanden. Met platen en plattegronden van steden. Eerste jaargang 1819.
Amsterdam, Mortier Covens & son, Ten Brink & De Vries, 1819.
With: [ALMANAC]. Almanak voor reizigers in het Koningrijk der Nederlanden. Met platen en plattegronden van steden. Tweede jaargang 1820.
Amsterdam, Mortier Covens & son, Ten Brink & De Vries, 1820. 2 works in 1 volume. 8vo. With 5 full-page engravings with views of Boskoop, Amsterdam, Rotterdam, Texel, and Medemblik by D. Veelwaard, protected by tissue paper guards, 2 full-page maps of the routes in South-Holland (ad 1) and North Holland (ad 2), and 14 city plans of Amsterdam, Leiden, The Hague, Delft, Rotterdam, Gouda (ad 1), Haarlem, Enkuizen, Medemblik, Alkmaar, Purmerend, Monnickendam, Edam, and Hoorn (ad 2), each with an accompanying leaf with explanations. Contemporary gold-tooled straight-grained red morocco, with the rod of Asclepius, a ship, and an anchor on the spine, a floral border on both boards, gold-tooled board edges and turn-ins, a red morocco pencil holder on the fore edge of the back board, a folding pocket in the back, gilt edges, marbled endpapers. [24], iv, 52, [2], 20; [26], "53-84" [=31], [2], "21-48" [=27], [2] pp. + 43 blank leaves. Full description

[ALMANAC]. Opregte sGravenhaagsche stads-almanak, voor het jaar 1823 (Eerste jaargang).
The Hague, Mozes Cohen Belinfante, [1823]. 12mo. With the woodcut coat of arms of The Hague on the title page. Original publisher's blue printed wrappers. XII, 142, [2], 60* pp. Full description

[ALMANAC]. Calendrier pour l' année 1826.
Paris, chez Janet, [1825].
With: [SONGS]. La morale du cœur.
Paris, chez Janet, [1825]. 2 works in 1 volume. 32mo. With an engraved title page, and 6 full-page engraved plates. Original publisher's pink boards, gilt edges, housed in a matching pink slipcase. [2], 24, [2]; 24 pp. Full description

[ALMANAC]. sGravenhaagsche stads-almanak, voor het jaar 1835. Met vergunning van Hun Ed. Achtb. de Heeren Burgemeester en Wethouders.
The Hague, A.P. van Langenhuyzen for J. Belinfante, [1834]. 8vo. With a lithographed title with vignette with coat of arms of The Hague, 12 lithographed headpieces and 12 small illustrations in the calendar (1 for each month). Original publisher's printed wrappers. [4], 1-48, 48a-48d, 49-222, 92* pp. Full description