La Miniature.
Paris, A. Marcilly, 1843 [1842].
27 x 18 mm. 64 pp. With 6 engravings. Publisher's giltstamped red morocco. All edges gilt.
$1,054.00
Charming inch-tall almanac. Contains a calendar as well as poems with miniature engravings in good impressions: Le Gondolier, Vive la Gaité, A Bacchus, L’Ours et le Renard, Minuit, L’Hiver.
Condition
Fine binding slightly warped, corners bumped; minute tears to front hinge. Endpapers browned; a tiny tear to the last page of text. Well preserved.
References
Grand-Carteret 2333. Welsh 5025. Not in Spielmann or Mikrobiblion; Bondy only summarily mentions the publisher's similarly sized almanacs.