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Estimate: $ 1,000 - $ 1,500
Miniature London Almanacks in Fancy Bindings. Seven Examples, 1777-1812.
Including copies of the London Almanack printed for the Company of Stationers for the years 1777, 1778, 1787, 1789, 1793, 1794, & 1812; each engraved throughout, printed on one side of the paper only and assembled accordion-style; all with tax stamps to titles; three bound in full gilt-tooled red morocco decorated with navy blue and white onlays (two of the three in matching slipcases); two bound in full gilt-decorated red morocco with matching slipcases; the example from 1812 bound in full white leather with gilt decorations featuring a center oval onlay in green morocco and matching case; the 1777 example in a paper-covered fabric binding with a hand-painted hunting scene featuring a man with a rifle aimed at the sky on the front board, with his hunting dog below a flying pheasant on the back cover, each approximately 2 1/2 x 1 1/2 in. (7)
According to ESTC, each of the 18th century examples is rare, showing no more than three institutional holdings in the U.S.
