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ALMANACH. Royal Almanac, year M. DCC. XLIX. Paris...

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[ALMANACH]. Royal Almanac, year M. DCC. XLIX. Paris : Veuve d'Houry, Le Breton petit-fils d'Houry, 1749. - In-8, 189 x 127 : 452, 4 pp. Red morocco, gilt rocaille plate on the boards, decorated spine, inner gilt roulette, gilt dominoté paper lining and endpapers, gilt edges (period binding). Copy decorated with a plate by Pierre-Paul Dubuisson (17..- circa 1762), described by Rahir under n° 184b (Livres dans de riches reliures, Paris 1910). Copy with interleaved calendar. Traces of glue left by an old label on the last box, otherwise a very well preserved copy.