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Paris: Durand, 1747. 24mo (binding size 96 x 66 mm).Collation: A-D8 E6 (nested quires). [76] pp. Engraved frontispiece and additional engraved title. Publisher's woodcut gryphon device on letterpress title, engraved two-page map of France at end. Publisher's gold-blocked olive morocco (abstract design), Dutch-gilt endpapers, gilt edges.*** A fresh copy of the long-running Paris almanac known as the Etrennes Mignonnes, published, with changing subtitles, from 1716 to ca. 1845. The engraved title and frontispiece varied from year to year (up to 1750, after which none were used), and the map alternated between an ecclesiastical, civil, or military map of France,  or a map of the Paris region. In this edition, the frontispiece and title are loosely based on those used in the 1741 edition, by Cochin II.  Cf. Grand-Carteret 107.

Paris: N. Crapart & C.J.C. Durand, 1785. 32mo (92 x 58 mm). Collation: 1-68 (nested quires). [96] pages. Folding woodcut maps of France écclesiastique at front and Environs de Paris at back, printed on one sheet enclosing text. Contemporary gold-blocked green morocco, reddish-gold Brokatpapier pastedown endpapers, gilt edges (very minor wear to corners). Provenance: Carlos de Poortere, bookplate. *** A very good copy of a classic Paris almanac. The Etrennes mignonnes may have been the most long-running of all Parisian almanacs, and one of the most stable in format and contents. With occasional variations in the title, this almanac appeared yearly from 1724 to 1848, spanning five generations and weathering several very different governments and social regimes. After 1750 the engraved title was dispensed with, and the quality of printing may have declined somewhat, but the contents remained consistently serious, containing historical, geopolitical, and political information about various French… Read More