Exceptionally rare edition of this charming almanac for 1805 and 1806, with a calendar for one and a half year, running from September 1805 to December 1806. This was done because the work followed after almanacs that used the French Republican Calendar (1793-1805), which ran from September to September instead of from January to December. Other than the calendar, the almanac includes educational songs on friendship, silence, family, and various emotions, set to popular tunes, and illustrated with 12 engraved plates. Together, this was intended as a "School for adolescents", teaching young people about courting and various types of relationships. On the last page the eclipses of the sun and moon for 1806 are listed, including those not visible in Europe. The almanac was also published for the years 1807, 1808, and 1809, but all editions are very scarce today. We have only been able to find one other copy of the present 1805/1806 edition in sales records, but it has not mentioned in any of the literature, nor has it been recorded in institutions.
With a contemporary annotation in Dutch on the first free flyleaf ("Tis niet genoeg te beminen[!] maar best eerst wel te vezinnen[!]"). The head of the spine has been bumped, a round black stain on the back board. The work has been bound into one quire instead of two, causing errors in the pagination. Otherwise in good condition. Cf. Bondy, Miniature books, p. 48; Grand-Carteret 1526 (for the years 1807 and 1808); Welsh, A bibliography of miniature books, 6239-6240 (idem); not in Gumuchian; WorldCat.