LOT OF 7 ITALIAN EARLY 19th-CENTURY ALMANACS, very well preserved in their original binding, partly with original slipcase:
- Almanacco di corte per l'anno 1827, Modena, Eredi Soliani, 1827. Mm 115x79. Engraved frontispiece, 380, XXXVI pp. Origianl cardboards. A nice copy;
- Almanacco della Toscana per l'anno 1827, Firenze, Stamperia Granducale, [1827]. Mm. 140x87. Title-page with engraved vignette by F. Fournier, 502, (2 blank) pp. With the engraved portrait of the Grand Duke of Tuscany and his wife. Printed on pink paper. It contains: Sovereigns of Europe. Ruling family in Tuscany and series of all the ruling houses. Contemporary red morocco, panel within gilt frame, spine with ornaments and title gilt, marbled end-leaves, gilt edges, contemporary marbled cardboard slipcase. A nice copy;
- Almanacco di corte per l'anno 1830, Modena, Eredi Soliani, 1827. Mm 113x73. Engraved frontispiece, 424 pp. Contemporary red morocco, panel within gilt frame, spine with ornaments and title gilt, gilt edges. A nice copy;
- Almanacco della Toscana per l'anno 1831, Firenze, Stamperia Granducale, [1831]. Mm. 142x90. 516 (including the title-page with large engraved vignette), (2 blank) pp. With the engraved portrait of the Grand Duke of Tuscany and his wife. It contains: Sovereigns of Europe. Ruling family in Tuscany and series of ruling houses. Contemporary red morocco, panel within gilt frame, spine with ornaments and title gilt, marbled end-leaves, gilt edges, contemporary marbled cardboard slipcase. A nice copy;
- Almanacco di corte per l'anno 1832, Parma, Tipografia Ducale, [1832]. Mm. 138x94. Title-page framed with at the center the coat-of-arms of the Duchy of Parma, 320 pp. Elegant original blue cardboard with intertwined decorative patterns embossed, gilt edges, original slipcase with the same embossed decorative patterns as the binding. A nice copy;
- Almanacco toscano, Firenze, Stamperia Granducale, 1837. Mm. 147x87. 564, (2 blank) pp. With the engraved portrait of the Grand Duke of Tuscany and his wife. It contains: Sovereigns of Europe. Ruling family in Tuscany and series of ruling houses. Contemporary green morocco, panels with blind decorations within gilt filet, gilt title and large gilt ornament on spine, gilt edges, marbled end-leaves, contemporary slipcase in marbed cardboard. A nice copy;
- Toccagni, Luigi, La Vigilia di Natale ovvero l'orfano riconoscente. Racconto morale ridotto per lettura de giovanetti, Milano, P. Ripamonti Carpano, [1837]. Mm. 120x81. Engraved frontispiece, VI (including the engraved title-page), 200, (4 with the engraved calendar) pp. and 4 engraved full-page. Contemporary cardboards covered in blue satin and preserved in similar slipcase (a bit stained), gilt edges. A nice copy.
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