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Taschenkalender auf das Gemein-Jahr 1819. Mit Kupfern geziert.
- Used
- near fine
- first
- Condition
- Near Fine
- Seller
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New York, New York, United States
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About This Item
Berlin? Leipzig?: Actual publisher unnamed. Herausgegeben von der Königl. Preussischen Kalender Deputation, 1818. First edition. Card. Marbled paper pastedown. Slipcase. Near Fine. Miniature finger almanac measuring 690 by 280 mm. Unpaginated, with 27 leaves, twelve of which contain fine copper engraved costume plates of Turkish, Afgani, Uzbeki -- Central Asian -- dress. Also vignette on title page. Otherwise, following a short two page exegesis on the upcoming eclipses for 1819, a fairly typical table of days for the year furnishing the saint names associated with each day. Scarce, with no copies for this year found anywhere, and a single copy found for any year (1814) at the University of Michigan. Not listed on Welsh. With slipcase. Near Fine.
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- Bookseller
- White Fox Rare Books and Antiques
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 005890
- Title
- Taschenkalender auf das Gemein-Jahr 1819. Mit Kupfern geziert.
- Format/Binding
- Card. Marbled paper pastedown. Slipcase
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First edition
- Publisher
- Actual publisher unnamed. Herausgegeben von der Königl. Preussischen Kalender Deputation
- Place of Publication
- Berlin? Leipzig?
- Date Published
- 1818
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
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About the Seller
White Fox Rare Books and Antiques
Biblio member since 2010
New York, New York
About White Fox Rare Books and Antiques
By appointment. Antiquarian and rare books with strengths in illustrated plate books, the decorative arts, costume, sporting, foreign language literature (in the original language), with growing emphasis on early printing.
Glossary
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- Vignette
- A decorative design or illustration placed at the beginning or end of a ...
- First Edition
- In book collecting, the first edition is the earliest published form of a book. A book may have more than one first edition in...
- Miniature
- A book that is less then 3 inches in width and ...
- Fine
- A book in fine condition exhibits no flaws. A fine condition book closely approaches As New condition, but may lack the...
- Title Page
- A page at the front of a book which may contain the title of the book, any subtitles, the authors, contributors, editors, the...
- Leaves
- Very generally, "leaves" refers to the pages of a book, as in the common phrase, "loose-leaf pages." A leaf is a single sheet...
- Marbled Paper
- Decorative colored paper that imitates marble with a veined, mottled, or swirling pattern. Commonly used as the end papers or...
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