ALMANAC [sic] or Calendar for the year 1686.... - Lot 3 - Giquello

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ALMANAC [sic] or Calendar for the year 1686.... - Lot 3 - Giquello
ALMANAC [sic] or Calendar for the year 1686. Exactly calculated on the elevation and the meridian of Paris. Where are marked the days of the Fairs, the Fests which are kept in the Palace & in the Châtelet, & the departure of the ordinary Couriers for the inside & the outside of the Kingdom. Paris, Laurent d'Houry, s.d. [1686]. In-8, soft vellum, double gilt fillet, gilt fleur-de-lis in the corners, date of the edition written in ink at the top of the first cover, gilt edges (Binding of the period). This almanac appeared from 1683 to 1699 and is the first draft of the future Royal Almanac, so named from 1700 (cf. Grand-Carteret, n°81). Calendar interleaved with blank leaves, the first of which includes old notes concerning the postal service. A very nice copy in gilt vellum. Upper corner of folio A7 affected by the binder's knife, without loss of text.
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