58 - CHAMPIER, Victor. Les anciens almanachs illustrés.

CHAMPIER, Victor. Les anciens almanachs illustrés. Paris, Bibliothèque des Deux Mondes, L. Frinzine et Cie, 1886. Folio (44 x 33 cm), red half-shagreen with corner caps, ribbed spine with gold lettering. 136 pp., 2 unnumbered folios (tables), and 50 plates, all mounted on tabs. Scuffing on the spine and head and foot caps; corners pierced. Foxing mainly on the edges. First edition of this seminal study on illustrated almanacs, complete with its 50 black-and-white and color plates, reproducing the principal illustrated or engraved almanacs by, among others, Léonard Gautier, Crispin de Passe, Abraham Bosse, De Larmessin, Lepeautre, Cl. Audran, Gravelot, Cochin, Quévardo, Dorgez, Debucourt, Devéria, etc. A copy from the satin-finished vellum edition, untrimmed, following the extremely rare numbered edition, limited to only 10 copies on Imperial Japanese paper. A beautiful deluxe publication in folio format.