Almanac "at The Arms Of Charles X" In Precious Long-grain Red Morocco Leather Pocket Calendar

A precious and charming Court Calendar for the year 1816, in pocket format, bound in beautiful red morocco leather with a long grain, embossed on the covers with the magnificent crowned arms of Charles X, border friezes, smooth spine decorated with delicate motifs in pretty gilt tooling, gilt edges. Published in Paris by Madame Hérissant, Bookseller, rue Saint-Marc, No. 24, with the King's permission: "Court Calendar" for the year 1816. Containing the position of the Sun, its rising, setting, and declination; the rising and setting of the Moon, etc... With the births of the Kings, Queens, Princes, and Princesses of Europe. Printed for the Royal Family and Her Majesty's Household... A precious historical curiosity from the Return of the Ancien Régime after the fall of Emperor Napoleon I and his capitulation of 1815... This delightful copy has framed pagination and is finely printed; notably the Calendar... A little gem and a curiosity for the connoisseur!