674 bis. SECRETAIRE fidele et discret, à l'usage de l'un et l'autre sexe, avec Tablettes économiques pour ne rien échapper de sa mémoire. A Paris, chez le Sr Desnos, s.d. (1780), in-32, engraved frontispiece, engraved title, 2 folded maps, 6 calendar pages, a 1739 calendar pasted on the red morocco endpapers, smooth ornate spine, triple gilt fillet framing the covers, gilt edges, posterior case (period binding). This charming little almanac was used for what it was intended: a reminder. The blank leaves have been used by a handwritten loss/gain table, with a little ciphering at the beginning. Then there are a few handwritten notes of the type Madame Duchemin rue St Thomas du Louvre chez le tapissier. A fine copy. Ex-libris Sir David Lionel Goldsmid-Stern-Salomons. Missing stylus.
Result
Not sold
Buyer's premium
27%
674 bis. SECRETAIRE fidele et discret, à l'usage de l'un et l'autre sexe, avec Tablettes économiques pour ne rien échapper de sa mémoire. A Paris, chez le Sr Desnos, s.d. (1780), in-32, engraved frontispiece, engraved title, 2 folded maps, 6 calendar pages, a 1739 calendar pasted on the red morocco endpapers, smooth ornate spine, triple gilt fillet framing the covers, gilt edges, posterior case (period binding).
This charming little almanac was used for what it was intended: a reminder.
The blank leaves have been used by a handwritten loss/gain table, with a little ciphering at the beginning. Then there are a few handwritten notes of the type Madame Duchemin rue St Thomas du Louvre chez le tapissier.
A fine copy.
Ex-libris Sir David Lionel Goldsmid-Stern-Salomons.
Missing stylus.
Sale
Saturday 29 March・14:00 (Europe/Paris)
Sale location coming soon
20, route de Valfons
30610 Sauve