268 - [BINDING WITH COAT OF ARMS]. Royal Almanac, common year M. DCC. XCI.

[BINDING WITH COAT OF ARMS]. Royal Almanac, common year M. DCC. XCI. Royal Almanac for the year 1791, complete with its beautiful map of France as a frontispiece, in a superb binding embossed with the coat of arms of France. Paris, Veuve d’Houry, 1791. In-8, full brown marbled calfskin, spine with guilloché raised bands, panels adorned with central and corner fleurs-de-lis in gilt metal, gilt date, title label in burgundy morocco leather, "P.D.R." monogram at the bottom, the royal coat of arms of France embossed in the center of the covers with fleurs-de-lis in the spandrels and a triple gilt border, guilloché caps and cups, all edges gilt on a red speckled ground, endpapers and inner covers of marbled paper (contemporary binding). 720 pages, fold-out map of France as a frontispiece, vignette of the royal coat of arms engraved on the title page, headpieces and tailpieces. Binding rubbed, wormhole on the second cover, rare foxing. Royal Almanac for the year 1791, a sought-after edition, providing an alphabetical list of the names of the deputies of the National Assembly along with their addresses over thirty pages (pp. 66–126), as well as the various committees present in the Assembly. Complete with its engraved fold-out map titled “France Divided into 83 Departments, According to the Decrees of the National Assembly,” marking the end of the old provinces. The *Almanach national de France* succeeded the *Almanach royal* beginning in 1793 (Year II of the Republic). A very fine copy in a coat-of-arms binding.