Collectif - Lot 67

Collectif Etrennes intéressantes des quatre parties du monde. Paris chez Louis Janet,de l'An IX à 1842. An IX, 1811, 1823, 1825, 1827, 1828, 1829, 1830, 1831, 1833, 1834, 1836, 1841, 1842. 14 volumes in-16 (9.5 x 6 cm). 12 in publisher's boards, 2 bound in paperback. The first two, the earliest, are published by Langlois. For the An IX volume, two double-sided folding maps, planisphere, map of France, Europe, Africa, North and South America, Asia. For 1811, no map. Volumes in dark cardboard, ranging from black to green to navy blue, 5 red. Gilded garland on covers with decorative finial in center, mute spine with gilded decoration, all edges gilded. The volumes from 1823 to 1836 are complete with their two maps, the same as those described above. 1841 and 1842 without maps. Also from Janet in Paris, 3 other almanacs in identical boards. Le désiré français, étrennes militaires et historiques for 1835, then two volumes of le petit théâtre de l'univers, étrennes naturelles, précieuses, instructives et amusantes for 1837 and 1844. These little almanacs appeared uninterruptedly from 1777 to 1855. Long edited by bookseller Pierre-Etienne Janet. Rare and beautiful set of 17 early 19th-century almanacs. Consultant : Sylvain Langlois