LONDON ALMANACK FOR THE YEAR 1800 MINIATURE BOOK

LONDON ALMANACK FOR THE YEAR 1800 MINIATURE BOOK

£295.00

Tax included.

[ANON]. London Almanack for the Year of Christ 1800. London: Printed for the Company of Stationers, [1800].

Miniature (58 mm x 38 mm x 5 mm); unpaginated, [24] pp.; bound in paper covers and housed in a leather-gilt slipcase; a.e.g.; title-page with inked import stamp; with a 3-page engraved view of East India House, 12-month calendar, table of Kings and Queens' reigns, table of Lord Mayors and Sheriffs from the year 1779 to the year 1800, list of holidays, and a table of the current coins. Condition: FAIR to GOOD. Paper spine lacking but all holding together, contents largely fresh and clean, slipcase a little rubbed to extremities.

Notes: A lovely miniature Almanac from the year 1800, providing all sorts of useful information. Almanacs were very popular and often given as presents in varying forms to suit every pocket. This is an unusual copy and a rare survivor.