BINDING WITH GILDED MEDALLION DECORATION. - Almanach... Lot 40

BINDING WITH GILDED MEDALLION DECORATION. - Almanach couleur-de-rose, ou Les plus jolies étrennes chantantes sur des airs choisis et nouveaux, avec des énigmes. À Amathonte, chez Flore, (Paris, Cailleau), s.d. (1791). In-24, 56 x 94 mm, ivory leather, on the boards, a large piece of red morocco, decorated with gilded palms, in the center of each board, a medallion under glass decorated with a bird of paradise made of gold and red spangles, ornate smooth spine, heads of staples, first counterplate mirror (damaged tain) set with gilt braid, blue silk gusset on second counterplate, pink silk endpapers lined with gilt paper, gilt edges, red morocco case lined with blue silk (Rel. ep.). Printed in pink, this almanac features an engraved frontispiece and, in fine, a fold-out sheet of music. In the heart of the volume, a 1791 calendar printed in black. RARE DECORATION AND BINDING IN PERFECT CONDITION Bibliography: Grand-Carteret: 437 (published from 1771).