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Description
[ALMANAC]
ROYAL ALMANAC for the leap year MDCCXXVIII (1728), calculated according to the Paris meridian
Paris, published by the widow of d’Houry, 1728. 408 pages. Spine with five raised bands adorned with decorated panels, title labels in gilt lettering, bound in full red morocco. Gilt lace-patterned borders on the covers, gilt edges.
The Almanach royal is a directory of the French administration, founded in 1683 by the bookseller Laurent d’Houry, published under this title from 1700 to 1792, then under various titles (such as the *Imperial Yearbook*, etc.) from 1793 to 1919. Each year, it presented, in the official order of precedence, a list of the members of the French royal family, princes of the blood, and the principal bodies of the kingdom: senior officers of the Crown, members of the high clergy, abbots of the great abbeys (with the income of each abbey), Marshals of France, colonels and general officers, French ambassadors and consuls, presidents of the principal courts, Councillors of State, bankers, etc.
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10/15/2026 at 1:00 PM
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