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ALMANACK. MINIATURE. London Almanack for the Year of Christ 1779.
[London] Printed for the Company of Stationers, 1779. 64mo, 60 x 34 mms., 13 leaves, including front and rear free end-papers, with imprint on verso of front free end-paper and and coins of the realm on the recto of the rear free end-paper, and the remaining leaves comprised of two leaves pasted to form recto and verso, engraved throughout, attractively bound in contemporary morocco, with gilt X partitioning front and back cover to a gilt crown and leaves motif, with separate inlay of red and olive morocco in each panel, preserved in a slipcase similarly bound; upper corners of almanack slightly defective, but a very attractive little item. The London Company of Stationers began producing these almanacs in 1739 and continued to do so for at least another century and a half, though the format varied. ESTC T127693 locates copies in the BL, Birmingham; and University of Calgary.
Offered for GBP 495.00 = appr. US$ 809.82 by: John Price Antiquarian Books - Book number: 6626
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