1808 & 1818 Red Moroccan Leather Almanach des Dames
1808 & 1818 Red Moroccan Leather Almanach des Dames
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Pair of Two Mini Red Books (Almanach des Dames)
19th C French "Almanach des Dames" gift books
Paris 1808-1818
12mo (miniature format typical of pocket almanachs)
Exquisitie French red moroccon leather with gilt-tooled spine and marbled endpapers
Includes illustrations
Luxury annuals intended as fashionable gifts for ladies of the Empire period, combining calendars, poetry, etiquette, and literature
Often issued by prestigious Parisian booksellers
Spans both the late Napoleonic Empire (1808) and early Bourbon Restoration (1818) - two distinct stylistic phases in French decorative bookbinding
1808 edition published by J.G. Cotta - Goethe's famous publisher and catered to cosmopolitan French and German readerships
1818 edition published by L.G. Petit - Restoration elegances - more restrained but still feminine
Would have been sold as luxury New Year's gift, with silk slipcase or presented with a ladies' dressing table
Pair of Two Mini Red Books (Almanach des Dames)
19th C French "Almanach des Dames" gift books
Paris 1808-1818
12mo (miniature format typical of pocket almanachs)
Exquisitie French red moroccon leather with gilt-tooled spine and marbled endpapers
Includes illustrations
Luxury annuals intended as fashionable gifts for ladies of the Empire period, combining calendars, poetry, etiquette, and literature
Often issued by prestigious Parisian booksellers
Spans both the late Napoleonic Empire (1808) and early Bourbon Restoration (1818) - two distinct stylistic phases in French decorative bookbinding
1808 edition published by J.G. Cotta - Goethe's famous publisher and catered to cosmopolitan French and German readerships
1818 edition published by L.G. Petit - Restoration elegances - more restrained but still feminine
Would have been sold as luxury New Year's gift, with silk slipcase or presented with a ladies' dressing table