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[ALMANACH]

Lot 81
22.11.2023 14:00UTC +01:00
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AuctioneerCHRISTIE'S
Event locationFrance, Paris
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ID 1079637
Lot 81 | [ALMANACH]
Estimate value
€ 700 – 1 000
[ALMANACH]

Almanach national de France, année M.DCC.XCIII, l'An IIe de la République. Paris : Testu, 1793.

Premier volume de l'Almanach national, successeur de l'Almanach Royal : exemplaire relié à l'époque en maroquin rouge, orné d'emblèmes révolutionnaires au dos. Une carte gravée présente la division de la France en 84 départements, un de plus que lors de la création des départements par l'Assemblée constituante en 1789. Grand-Carteret, n° 1097.



In-8 (197 x 199 mm). Illustré d'une carte dépliante gravée en frontispice. Notes manuscrites anciennes à l'encre (tirets en marge de certains noms, nombre de députés indiqué par département). Reliure de l'époque : maroquin rouge, décor à plaque de Dubuisson (Rahir, 184k) et roulette doré en parties inférieure et supérieure des plats, dos à nerfs titré or et compartiments ornés d'emblèmes révolutionnaires, tranches dorées.

Provenance : ex-libris gravé non identifié d'un membre de l'ordre de la Jarretière à la devise "Honi soit qui mal y pense" et au monogramme "AR".



National almanac bound in red-morroco with revolutionary emblems on the spine.

Place of origin:Western Europe, France, Europe
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