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Lot Description

[MINIATURE BOOKS]. – [ALMANACS]. A group of 5 miniature almanacs, comprising:

London Almanack for the Year of Christ 1788. [London]: Printed for the Company of Stationers, [1787]. Engraved throughout. Original red morocco wallet binding, small front pocket, edges gilt. -- London Almanack for the Year of Christ 1791. [London]: Printed for the Company of Stationers, [1790]. Engraved throughout. Original green gilt tooled morocco, beige morocco gilt onlays, edges gilt; green morocco slipcase simliarly decorated with black onlays (a few minor losses to book and slipcase onlays). -- The English Bijou Almanac for 1837. London: Schloss, 1836. Original green-coated card boards gilt, edges gilt; original green-coated card chemise; laid into original red velvet box. -- The Bijou Almanack 1849. London: Rock Brothers, [1848]. Original green morocco gilt, edges gilt. -- Bijou Almanack 1854. London: Rock Brothers & Payne, [1853]. Original green morocco gilt, edges gilt. Provenance: W. R. S. (bookplate). -- Together, 5 works in 5 volumes, various 64mo sizes or smaller, condition generally fine.

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