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ALMANACH. - Manuel des autorités constituées... - Lot 101 - Rossini
ALMANACH. - Manuel des autorités constituées de la Révolution française. Paris, Dufart, Desenne, An 5 (c. st. 1797). In-18, crushed red chagrin with corners, spine decorated, combed edges (Binding circa 1870).
The only edition of this illustrated revolutionary almanac (Grand-Carteret, n°1261).
The illustration includes an allegorical frontispiece by Queverdo engraved by Blanchard, depicting Time preparing to inscribe on an open book the names of the defenders of the Fatherland, a fold-out map of France according to the new division, 36 allegorical subjects spread over 18 plates engraved by Queverdo, and 15 engraved and colored full-length portraits of all the official figures after the costumes known to Jacques-Louis David.
Copy complete with all engravings, but missing leaves F3 and F4 corresponding to pp. 65-68.
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