ROYAL ALMANAC. Leap year M.DCC.LXXXVIII. Paris,... Lot 2

ROYAL ALMANAC. Leap year M.DCC.LXXXVIII. Paris, De Bure gendre de M. d'Houry, 1788. In-8 of 716 pages, red morocco, large gilt plate on the boards, spine with ornate nerves and fleurdelisé, gilt edges (period binding). The rich gilt plate on the boards is attributed to Pierre-Paul Dubuisson by Edouard Rahir (Livres dans de riches reliures, Paris, 1910, n° 184-K). Light rings at the corner of several leaves, small defects, one head and two spines restored.