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Plan your visit. 225 Madison Avenue at 36th Street, New York, NY 10016.

Almanach pacifique, ou, l'Ecole de la vertu tiré des plus beaux endroits de l'Ecriture sainte.

Accession number
PML 251214
Published
Paris : Chez Janet doreur, [1793]
Credit line
Bequest of Julia P. Wightman, 1994.
Notes
Title and text within double rule borders.
Engraved title page.
Almanac for 1793 printed on 2 folded leaves, Jan.-June at the beginning of text, July-Dec. at end.
Description
24 p., [12] leaves of plates, [2] folded sheets : ill. (engraving), music ; 96 x 60 mm
Provenance
From the library of Julia P. Wightman, with her bookplate.
Binding
Gold embossed beige boards. Front cover includes profile of a woman painted in white on sepia under a layer of clear protective material surrounded by an oval gold frame. Back cover has an image of a scroll, book and flowers painted in white on sepia under a layer of clear protective material surrounded by an oval gold frame. In clamshell slipcase (110 x 75 mm) with a dark brown leather spine, title and year stamped in gold on spine, the remainder of slipcase is covered in green flowers on gold ground paper.
Classification
Department