ALMANACH. Etrennes mignones, curieuses et... - Lot 94 - Ferri & Associés

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ALMANACH. Etrennes mignones, curieuses et... - Lot 94 - Ferri & Associés
ALMANACH. Etrennes mignones, curieuses et utiles... for the year 1781. P., Durand, 1781. In-16, green morocco, boards covered with framed dent., corner fans, straight and curved wires, central gilt medallion set with branches of foliage and ribbon bow, spine gilt, green and violet paper endpapers, gilt tr. (Bound in contemporary style). Folded maps of France and the surroundings of Paris. This delightful almanac, covered with a green morocco binding of a perfect freshness, whose boards are decorated with irons copied from subjects of Moreau le jeune for the Chansons de Laborde. The first one: shepherd and shepherdess under a tree bears in gilt letters the legend L'Heure du Berger (The Shepherd's Hour); the second one: young man kneeling under a balcony and surprised by his lover bears Les sollicitations pressantes (The Pressing Solicitations).
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