Champier, Victor - Les Anciens Almanachs Illustres; Histoire Du Calendrier Depuis Les Temps Anciens Jusqu'a Nos Jours

Paris, L. Frinzine et Cie, 1886. Hardcover. Oversized, bound in 3/4 blue cloth and tan paper boards, 136 pp, 50 plates in bw and color. Text is in French. Contents: Aperçu général. -- Les calendriers illustrés des livres d'heures. -- Les almanachs ou "composts" des bergers. -- Les almanachs littéraires, prophétiques, satiriques, politiques, etc. etc. du XVe au XIXe siècle. Catalogue des principax libres-almanachs illustrés de 1685 à 1823. -- Les almanachs-estampes du XVIe au XIXe siècle. Catalogue des almanachs illustrés français conservés dans quelques collections publiques et privées. -- Table des artistes graveurs et dessinateurs, auteurs des almanachs cités. Book accompanied by 50 plates out of text, in black and in color, reproducing the main almanacs illustrated or engraved by Léonard Gaultier, Crispin de Passe, Abraham Bosse, De Larmessin, Lepautre, Cl. Audran, Gravelot, Cochin, Quéverdo, Dorgez, Debucourt , Deveria, etc. etc. Fair (heavy shelfwear and soiling to boards, spine torn, boards unattached, foxing spots throughout, heavy age toning) .

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