London Almanac for the year of Christ 1829. Company of Stationers [London]. 1828.

London Almanac for the year of Christ 1829. Company of Stationers [London]. 1828.  38 printed pages, duty stamp, including saints days, calendar, table of Kings and Queens, Lord mayors & sheriffs, holidays and current coins. All edges gilt. Watered pale lemon green silk endpapers and expandable front pocket. 35 x 32mm. Wallet black style binding. Contemporary unmarked engraved gold mounted, straight-grained black morocco (some relatively small, minor blemishes); gold escutcheon finely engraved with sunburst motif and dogtooth borders in a shield motif. Lacks the catch for the lock. "This tiny volume has been produced by folding the sheets of the almanacs in the middle, in a similar way to that resulting in the 'finger' type format, where the centre fold is vertical instead of - as is the case here - horizontal" (Spielmann). Spielmann, 331. Welsh, 4633. WorldCat locates one copy worldwide (British Library).  96 firsts2024