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IMPERIAL ALMANAC FOR THE YEAR M. DCCC. XI, presented to His …
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IMPERIAL ALMANAC FOR THE YEAR M. DCCC. XI, presented to His …
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Lot no. 60
IMPERIAL ALMANAC FOR THE YEAR M. DCCC. XI, presented to His Majesty the Emperor and King, by Testu.
Paris: Testu, [1811]. - In-8, 215 x 127 : 964 pp. Red morocco, gilt roulettes framing the covers, painted coat of arms in the centre, smooth spine decorated with crowned eagles and a bee, inner gilt roulette, green silk lining and endpapers, gilt edges (period binding).
Official almanac of the Empire of 1811.
Copy on strong wove paper, from the library of Antoine-Jean-Mathieu Séguier (1768-1848), with his coat of arms painted on the boards, maître des requêtes, first president of the Court of Appeal of Paris, appointed baron of the Empire in 1808 and peer of France in 1815.
Spine faded, some rubbing from use, two small spalls on the second board, one corner dented. Rubbing on the arms. Some scattered foxing.
Provenance: Antoine-Jean-Mathieu Séguier, with his coat of arms painted on the boards.
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