ALMANAC.

Almanach des Muses 1785.

A Paris. Chez de Lalain..., [1785] FIRST EDITION. Small 12mo, 139 x 78 mms., pp. [vi], 333 [334 blank], including half-title, engraved title-page, contemporary mottled calf, git spine, red morocco label; spine a little, lacks lower label, corners slightly worn. This volume in the series includes new verse, with reviews of new theatrical and operatic publications, several poems by Voltaire, and interesting reviews of operatic works by Salieri, Piccini, and Gretry.

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Book number: 7361

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ALMANAC.

Almanach des Muses 1775

A Paris. Chez de Lalain..., [1775] FIRST EDITION. Small 12mo, 139 x 78 mms., pp. [xx], 324 including half-title and engraved title-page, contemporary quarter French calf, boards, spine ornately gilt, red morocco label; corners worn. This volume in the series includes new verse, with reviews of new theatrical and operatic ventures, as well as several poems by Voltaire, and reviews of the 1774 publication of Gluck's operas Iphigenie and Orphee.

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Book number: 7362

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ALMANAC.

Almanach des Muses 1774

A Paris. Chez de Lalain..., [1774] FIRST EDITION. Small 12mo, 139 x 78 mms., pp. [iv], 233, 3 [verso blank- including half-title and engraved title-page,, 4 pages of engraved music [here bound inverted], bound in contemporary French quarter calf, spine decorative gilt with orange and black labels. This volume in the series includes new verse, with reviews of new theatrical and operatic ventures, as well as several poems by Voltaire, and an interesting review of Floquet's ballet-opera L'Union del'Amour & des Arts.

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Book number: 7363

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ALMANAC.

Almanach des Muses 1776

A Paris. Chez de Lalain..., [1776] FIRST EDITION. Small 12mo, 139 x 78 mms., pp. [iv], 262, including half-title and engraved title-page, contemporary French quarter calf, spine decorative gilt with orange and black. This volume in the series includes the usual new verse, with reviews of new theatrical and operatic ventures, as well as several poems by Voltaire, and reviews of operatic works by Gluck, Gossec and Gretry.

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Book number: 7364

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ALMANAC.

L'EsprIt des Amans ou Les Amours du Siecle. Almanach. Orné de Jolies Gravures.

A Paris, chez Janet successeur du R. Jubert, Rue S. Jacques, vis-a-vis Mathurins No. 36, [no date], [c. 1780]. 24mo, 93 x 58 mms., pp. 12, 24, engraved throughout, with engraved title-page, 12 engraved illustrations, one engraved plate of music (browned with engraving opposite also browned) "Le Fossé de Cythere," attractively bound in contemporary full vellum with gilt borders to a floral motif, gilt floral ornament in centre of each board, embroidered spine (slightly worn), all edges gilt, contained in a (probably later) slipcase of marbled boards within plain boards. One of many libertine almanacs for lovers, with several bawdy French songs, and appropriate engraved illustrations only two of which hint at any indelicacy. A very attractive item. I have not found any other copy. UNCOMMON

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Book number: 7132

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ALMANAC. BULLFIGHT.

Messager Boiteux Almanach historique  Contenant des Observations astronomiques sur chaque mois. Le cours du Soleil et de la Lune.... Pour l'An de Grace 1845... Par Antoine Souci.

A Vevey, Chez L'OErtscher et Files..., 1845. 4to, 208 x 168, pp. [64], title-page with woodcut red and black on fifth leaf, Le Veritable Messager Boiteux de Berne et Vevey on woodcut front cover (soiled), woodcut illustrations in text, 2 full-page woodcuts in text, folding engraved woodcut of "Combat de taureaux a Quito en Amerique," plate area measuring 280 x 160 mms., with French - Swiss exchange rates for five francs on verso, stitched as issued; lacks rear cover, edges worn and creased, but text clear and clean. This almanac is notable for being an exceedingly rare publication from the tiny township of Vevy in eastern France, and for including a very early depiction of bullfighting. The commune of Vevey had a population of only 398 residents in 1841, and a more recent census, conducted in 2013, recorded a population of merely 251 residents. The engraved title-page gives a variant title, Le Véritable Messager Boiteux de Berne et Vevey, which indicates that the coverage of the content includes Berne, the "de facto capital of Switzerland" (Wikipedia). Why a French-Swiss almanac would include an image of a bullfight in Quito, the capital city of Ecuador, in the first half of the nineteenth century, is not a question that I can answer. According to the title-page, the almanac includes astronomical observations keyed to each month, the cycles of both sun and moon, the principal fairs scheduled for Switzerland, Germany, and France, plus a series of narratives and anecdotes accompanied by illustrations. The title-page also assures the reader that he or she is in good hands as the author of the almanac, Antoine Souci, is both astronomer and historiographer. "Cette publication à fort caractère régional contient les calendriers protestants et catholiques, des observations astronomiques sur chaque mois, le cours du soleil et de la lune, les principales foires de Suisse, des départements limitrophes de la France et de la vallée d'Aoste, un recueil de récits et d'anecdotes accompagné de gravures, une revue des principaux événements survenus dans le monde, en Suisse et dans chacun des cantons romands l'année précédente. Le messager boiteux contient également des prévisions statistiques climatiques pour l'année à venir. Il est souvent mentionné en référence aussi bien dans les conversations de tous les jours que dans les articles de presse lorsque des périodes climatiques particulières surviennent (canicules, longues périodes humides, grands froids, etc.)." Wikepedia. Why a Swiss almanac would include an image of a bullfight in Ecquador is not a question I can answer. No copy of this 1845 edition in COPAC. The only copy I have located of this almanac in a library is the one at Harvard (catalogued under the engraved title, Le Véritable Messager Boiteux de Berne et Vevey, at Houghton shelfmark FC8.A100.845m).

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Book number: 8538

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ALMANAC. ABERDEEN.

The New Aberdeen Almanac and Northern Supplement to Oliver & Boyd's Edinburgh Almanac for 1838: Comprising Lists connected with the City of Aberdeen, and the Counties of Aberdeen, Banff, and Kincardine.

Aberdeen: Prepared and Published by Lewis Smith & Peter Gray..., [1836]. FIRST AND ONLY EDITION. 12mo (in 6s), 146 x 88 mms., pp. [ii], 144, 24, original printed green boards (rubbed and slightly soiled), red roan (rubbed and a little worn), but a good copy with the contemporary autograph "Wm Burnet Craigie/ Linton/ 1838" on the recto of the front free end-paper. The twenty-four pages at the end contain the publishers' announcement and adverts. This would appear to be their first venture at an Aberdeen almanac; "The Publishers of the New Aberdeen Almanac are not unaware of the fact that there is yet ample room in it for still farther improvement. But they beg their fellow-citizens to receive with indulgence this, the first attempt at improvement, where they conceived improvement was loudly called for." Uncommon: OCLC locates a copy in Aberdeen University Library.

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Book number: 8630

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DEBRETT.

The Royal Kalendar; or complete and correct Annual Register for England, Scotland, Ireland, and America, for the Year 1791; Including a complete and correct List of the 17th Parliament of Great Britain, summoned to meet for their first Session in November, 1790. Upon a new and more extensive Plan than any hitherto offered to the Public: containing, England. I. Complete and correct Lists of both Houses of Parliament; all the State, Law, Revenue, and Public Offices, at the Court, in the City of London, and different Parts of the Kingdom; the Army and Navy; Baronets, Universities, Hospitals, &c. &c. Scotland. II. All the Peers, Baronets; State, Law, Revenue, and Public Offices, Universities, Physicians, &c. Ireland. III. Both Houses of Parliament, a complete List of the Baronets, all the Law, State, Revenue, and Public Offices, Bankers, Deans, &c. &c. America. IV. Governors, Law and Revenue Officers, &c. &c. Corrected at the Respective Offices.

London: Printed for J. Debrett: opposite Burlington-House, Piccadilly; S. Crowder, G. G. J. and J. Robinson, W. Goldsmith, J. Bew, and S. Bladon, in Paternoster-Row; B. Law, in Ave-Maria Lane; J. Curtis, in Newgate-Street; W. March, in Ludgate-Street; T. Cadell, in the Strand; W. Richardson, at the Royal Exchange; G. and T. Wilkie, St. Paul's Church Yard; H. W. Byfield and Co. and J. Cooper, Charing-Cross. [1791] 12m (in 6s), 154 x 80 mms., pp. iv, 24, 22 - 281, with page 22 on a recto, contemporary sheepskin; front joint slightly cracked, top of spine chipped, upper rear joint cracked, but a good copy with contemporary annotations and emendations throughout, and with several lines scored out, perhaps because of fault or out-of-date information. Of particular interest are the 25+ corrections to the listing of the Members of the House of Commyons. Goldsmiths' 14607.

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Book number: 8215

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JAMAICA ALMANACK.

The New Jamaica Almanack, and Register, Calculated to the Meridian of the Island, For the Year or our Lord 1802. (Being the Sixth after Bissextile, or Leap Year.

Kingston: Printed by Stevenson and Aikman, [1802] 12mo (in 6s), 149 x 92 mms. pp. [iv], 189 [190 - 191 continuation of Index, 192 note and errata, 193- 204 tables, followed by lower corner of one leaf, followed by 11 leaves of notes mostly in pencil, and mostly of names, with occasional sums and calculations, bound in contemporary wallet style sheepskin, with gilt borders on covers, and the name in purple ink of "William Bowyer/ Woollard/ 1887/ June 8," with more purple ink on the title-page and on the verso of the preceding leaf. One of the publishers, William Aikman fled from America during the 1776 Revolution and set up business with another refugee, David Douglass. Thomas Stevenson joined the firm in 1796. One of the most striking features of their almanacs was the use of Hebrew type, page 15 being a "Kalendar Of Months, Sabbaths, and Holidays, which the Hebrews or Jews observed and keep, for the years 5562 and 5563 of the Creation." Aikman and Douglass began incorporating details about Jewish worship from the beginning their partnership. Almost as striking is the number of Masonic lodges to be found in Jamaica, with 18 listed on page 178; the first Lodge was instituted in 1738. The most interesting feature of this almanac is, however, the large number of names recorded in pencil on the blank leaves at the end of the volume. "Mingo" was for example a common name given to slaves, as well as "Sambo," both of which appear in pencil on one of the leaves. The literature on slave names in the West Indies is vast, and an experienced scholar or genealogist would probably find much documentary detail about slaves in the West Indies in the early 19th century. Parliament abolished the slave trade in the British Empire in 1807 (slavery itself was not abolished until 1833). As for the provenance, I would assume that the 1887 ownership is that of a William Bowyer who lived in Woollard in the Chew Valley in England. However, Woollard also appears in England as a surname. The handwriting appears to be that of a juvenile. The William Bowyer(s) known to most booksellers are the two William Bowyers, father (1663 – 1737) and his son (1699 – 1777). A creative bookseller or scholar could doubtless find a connection between the 19th century owner of the 1802 Jamaica Almanack and the distinguished 18th century printers. The only copy that I have located is in the New York Historical Archives; this copy is described as "186, [12] pages, [1] folded leaf of plates : map ; imperfect: missing p. 5-8. Mss. notations throughout."

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Book number: 8780

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SEVEN ALMANACS. 1806.

The Gentleman's Diary, or the Mathematical Repository; An Almanack For the Year of our Lord 1806: Being The Second after Bissextile or Leap Year. Containing many useful and entertaining Particulars, peculiarly adapted to the ingenious Gentlemen engaged in the delightful Study and Practice of the Mathematicks. The Sixty-sixth Almanack published of this Kind; and the Fifty-fourth of the New Style in England.

London: Printed for the Company of Stationers, By Nichols and Son...And Sold by George Greenhill..., 1806. 12mo, 160 x 98 mms., pp. 48. BOUND WITH: The Ladies' Diary: Or Woman's Almanack, for the Year of our Lord 1806. Containing New Improvements in Arts and Sciences, and Many Entertaining Particulars designed for the Use and Diversion of the Fair Sex. The Hundred-&-third Almanack published of this Kind. London: Printed for the Company of Stationers, by J. Adlard...And sold by G. Greenhill..., [1806]. 12mo, 160 x 98 mms., pp. 48, with woodcut image of a lady on the title-page. BOUND WITH: Vox Stellarum: Or a Loyal Almanack For the Year of Human Redemption 1806. Being the Second after Leap Year. And the 46th of the Reign of his present Majesty. In which are contained All Things fitting for such a Work; as A Table of Terms and their Return..... A remrkable Chronology; the Eclipses, And other Matters both profitable and curious. Observations on the Weather and Weather Glasses, Rain. And an Hieroglyphic adapted to the Time. By Francis Moore... London. Printed for Company of Stationers, And sold by George Greenhill. [1806]. 12mo, 160 x 98 mms., pp. 48. BOUND WITH: Merlinus Liberatus. An Almanack For the Year of our Redemption, 1806, Being the Bissextile, or Leap-Year; And from the Creation of the World, according to the best History, 5753, And the 117th of our Deliverance by K. William From Popery and Arbitrary Govenment; But the 111th from the Horrid, Popish, Jacobite Plots.... By John Partridge. London. Printed for the Company of Stationers By William Thorne...And Sold by George Greenfield...[1806]. 12mo, 160 x 98 mms., pp. 48. BOUND WITH: Old Poor Robin, An Almanack, Composed of A Variety of Subjects, both Ancient and Modern; And, for the Reader's farther Entertainment, Part in Prose, Part in Verse; Part Narrative, Part Contemplative; Part Serious, Part Comick; for the Entertinment and Improved Mind, and adapted to the meanest Capacity. Being A new improved Edition of a very old Ephemeris, for the Year of our Lord 1806.... Written by Poor Robin, Knight of the Burnt-Island, and Well-wisher to the Mathematics. London: Printed for the Company of Stationers, By G. Woodfall... And sold by George Greenhill... [1806]. 12mo, 160 x 98 mms., pp. 48. BOUND WITH: Speculum Anni: Or, Season on the Seasons. For the Year of our Lord 1806.... Wherein you will find all Things necessary for such a Work; Sun and Moon's Rising and Setting...and other Novelties. By Henry Season.... The Author's Seventy-third Impression. London: Printed for the Company of Stationers, By G. Woodfall... And sold by George Greenhill... [1806]. 12mo, 160 x 98 mms., pp. 48. BOUND WITH: Atlas ouranios, The Coelestial Atlas; Or, A New Ephemeris For the Year of our Lord 1806.... Wherein are contained The Heliocentrick and Geocentrick Places of the Planets, The Eclipses of the Luminaries. And some other remarkable Phenomena that will happen this Year... To which are added several useful Tables.... By Robert White. London: Printed for the Company of Stationers, By G. Woodfall... And sold by George Greenhill... [1806]. 12mo, 160 x 98 mms., pp. 48. 7 almanacs in one volume, all printed in 1806 and all printed in red and black, and with tabs or finding-strips at the fore-margin for each almanac, attractively bound in full straight-grain red morocco, gilt border on covers, all edges gilt, gilt spine (faded); a very good copy with the autograph "E. Bourne" on the recto of the second free end-paper and the autograph of "Mr. Davies" scored through.

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Book number: 8781

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SEVEN ALMANACS. 1808

The Gentleman's Diary, or the Mathematical Repository; An Almanack For the Year of our Lord 1808: Being Bissextile or Leap Year. Containing many useful and entertain Particulars, peculiarly adapted to the ingenious Gentlemen engaged in the delightful Study and Practice of the Mathematicks. The Sixty-eight Almanack published of this Kind; and the Fifty-sixth of the New Style in England.

London: Printed for the Company of Stationers, By Nichols and Son...And Sold by George Greenhil..., 1808. 12mo, 160 x 98 mms., pp. 48. BOUND WITH: The Ladies' Diary: Or Woman's Almanack, for the Year of our Lord 1808. Being the Bixxestile, or Leap Year. Containing New Improvements in Arts and Sciences, and Many Entertaining Particulars designed for the Use and Diversion of the Fir Sex. The Hundred-&-fifth Almanack published of this Kind London: Printed for the Company of Stationers, by J. Adlard...And sold by G. Greenhill..., [1808]. 12mo160 x 98 mms., pp. 48, with woodcut image of a lady on the title-page. BOUND WITH: Vox Stellarum: Or a Loyal Almanack For the Year of Human Redemption 1808. Being the Bissextile or Leap Year. And the 48th of the Reign of his present Majesty. In which are contained All Things fitting for such a Work; as A Table of Terms and their Return..... A remarkable Chronology; the Eclipses, And other Matters both profitable and curious. Observations on the Weather and Weather Glasses, Rain. And an Hieroglyphic adapted to the Time. London. Printed for Company of Stationers, By William Thorne... And sold by George Greenhilll. [1808]. 12mo, 160 x 98 mms., pp. 48. BOUND WITH: Merlinus Liberatus. An Almanack For the Year of our Redemption, 1808, Being the Bissextile, or Leap-Year; And from the Creation of the World, according to the bet History, 5755, And the 119th of our Deliverance by K. William From Popery and Arbitrary Government; But the 113th from the Horrid, Popish, Jacobite Plots.... By John Partridge. London. Printed for the Company of Stationers By William Thorne...And Sold by George Greenfield...[1808]. 12mo, 160 x 98 mms., pp. 48. BOUND WITH: Old Poor Robin, An Almanack, Composed of A Variety of Subjects, both Ancient and Modern; And, for the Reader's farther Entertainment, Part in Prose, Part in Verse; Part Narrative, Part Contemplative; Part Serious, Part Comick; for the Entertainment and Improvement of the human Mind, and adapted to the meanest Capacity. Being A new improved Edition of a very old Ephemeris, for the Year of our Lord 1808.... Written by Poor Robin, Knight of the Burnt-Island, and Well-wisher to the Mathematics. London: Printed for the Company of Stationers, By G. Woodfall... And sold by George Greenhill... [1808]. 12mo, 160 x 98 mms., pp. 48. BOUND WITH: Speculum Anni: Or, Season on the Seasons. For the Year of our Lord 1808.... Wherein you will find all Things necessary for such a Work; Sun and Moon's Rising and Setting...and other Novelties. By Henry Season.... The Author's Seventy-fifth Impression. London: Printed for the Company of Stationers, By G. Woodfall... And sold by George Greenhill... [1808]. 12mo, 160 x 98 mms., pp. 48. BOUND WITH: Atlas ouranios, The Coelestial Atlas; Or, A New Ephemeris For the Year of our Lord 1808.... Wherein are contained The Heliocentrick and Geocentrick Places of the Planets, The Eclipses of the Luminaries. And some other remarkable Phenomena that will happen this Year... To which are added several useful Tables.... By Robert White. London: Printed for the Company of Stationers, By G. Woodfall... And sold by George Greenhill... [1808]. 12mo, 160 x 98 mms., pp. 48. 7 almanacs in one volume, all printed in 1808 and all printed in red and black, and with tabs at the fore-margin for each almanac, attractively bound in full straight-grain red morocco, gilt border on covers, all edges gilt, gilt spine (faded); a very good copy with the autograph "E. Bourne" on the recto of the second free end-paper and the autograph of "Mr. Davies" scored through.

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Book number: 8782

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