Author: DUTCH NINETEENTH CENTURY LITERARY ALMANACK:
Title: Nederlandsche Muzen-Almanak 1830: Twaalfde Jaar. [Eerste druk; First edition].
Description: 's-Gravenhage, J. Immerzeel Jr., 1830. Stout 12°. (110x90 mm.). Original coloured publ. cloth. Gilded covertitle, gilded decorative spine, blind-stamped decorative lower outer cover. [14] (Annual calendar), 237pp. Frontispiece (captioned portrait), ti.-p. with engraved illustration, 5 captioned engraved monochrome plates with tissue guards featuring romantic sceneries, 2 pull-out facsims. after original Ms. letters, 1 pull-out leave with music-scores and vocals, table of contents on [3] unnumbered pp. at rear end. Twelfth annual issue of this dutch language literary Almanack, a compilation of prose and poetry, music and other performing arts. Series has been published betwen 1818-1846 in 29 volumes. (covers stained, spine-ends with some minimal wear, contents crisp and fine).

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