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ALMANAC sic or Calendar for the leap year 1696....

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ALMANAC [sic] or Calendar for the leap year 1696. Paris, Laurent d'Houry, s.d. [1696]. In-8, soft vellum, double gilt fillet, fleur-de-lis in the corners, coat of arms in the center, traces of ties, smooth spine decorated with small fleurs-de-lis arranged one above the other, gilt edges (Binding of the period). One of the last years of this almanac which will take the name of Royal Almanac in 1700 (cf. Grand-Carteret, n°81). A very attractive copy in soft vellum with the arms of Louis XIV.