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French Almanac for 1791
d'Houry, Laurent [founder]. ALMANACH ROYAL, ANNÉE COMMUNE M.DCC.XCI. PRÉSENTÉ A SA MAJESTÉ POUR LA PREMIERE FOIS EN 1699. Paris: Imprimerie de la Veuve d'Houry, (1790). 8vo, original mottled brown calf; spine with five raised bands, decorated in gilt; red spine label, gilt; red page edges; hand-marbled endpapers. 720 + 8 pages. Binding worn at spine and rubbed at extremities; very good. One of the most important editions of this long-running almanac, published under various titles from 1699 to 1919. This edition, published in 1790 for 1791, includes much useful information concerning the administration of the French government during the tumultuous period of the French Revolution.
d'Houry, Laurent [founder]. ALMANACH ROYAL, ANNÉE COMMUNE M.DCC.XCI. PRÉSENTÉ A SA MAJESTÉ POUR LA PREMIERE FOIS EN 1699. Paris: Imprimerie de la Veuve d'Houry, (1790). 8vo, original mottled brown calf; spine with five raised bands, decorated in gilt; red spine label, gilt; red page edges; hand-marbled endpapers. 720 + 8 pages. Binding worn at spine and rubbed at extremities; very good. One of the most important editions of this long-running almanac, published under various titles from 1699 to 1919. This edition, published in 1790 for 1791, includes much useful information concerning the administration of the French government during the tumultuous period of the French Revolution.