Author: ALMANACK - GEBR. VERMANDE (PUBLISHERS),
Title: Almanak voor Hollandsche Blijgeestigen. Achtste Jaar, 1838. [Eerste originele druk/first original edition].
Description: [Amsterdam, De Hoorn], Gabr. Vermande, [..], 1837. Small 8°., original printed thin boards, title on front cover printed within a narrow decorative typographical border. 196pp. Engraved frontispiece (portrait), 2 engraved plates, calendar, table of contents. Dutch language Almanack, first series, eigth annual issue 1838 (16 volumes published between 1831-1846) with a great number of light-hearted and sometimes funny short stories, preceded by official data pertaining to the Calendar, festive days, annual fairs, anniversaries of the Royal Dutch Family and astronomical data and events. Supplies good insight in dutch daily life and events of the first half nineteenth century. Untrimmed copy. (covers rather soiled and smudged, some occasional skilful restorations to spine, contents very clean indeed!).

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