Royal Almanac, common year M. DCC. XCI. Presented to His Maj - Lot 240

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Royal Almanac, common year M. DCC. XCI. Presented to His Maj - Lot 240
Royal Almanac, common year M. DCC. XCI. Presented to His Majesty for the first time in 1699, by Laurent d'Houry, editor. Paris, De l'Imprimerie de la Veuve d'Houry, [1791]. In-8°, 720 pp. Marbled fawn basane, 5-rib spine decorated with gilded lilies, t. and vintage pages in fawn morocco, gilt roulettes on the edges, red edges (period binding). Still featuring the French royal family, those of foreign courts followed by ecclesiastics, before the pages devoted to the National Assembly. Numerous annotations and clarifications in ink, probably made around 1794 (mention "guillotiné an 2"), including the addition of the list of Secretaries of the National Assembly for the year. Without map of France. Worn binding, some dampstaining.
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