Le Breton [Reliure aux armes de Louis XV] - Almanach royal, année MDCCLXII contenant les Naissances des Princes et Princesses - 1762

copy in luxury binding, in glazed calfskin with the arms of Louis XVI pushed in gold in the center of the covers, all gilded edges.

Royal almanac for the year 1762, interesting for knowledge of the entire administration under Louis XV.

Beautiful binding in full marbled and glazed calfskin, triple ink fillet on the boards with fleurs-de-lis at the corners, arms in the center, spine with 5 raised bands decorated with a mosaic piece and fleur-de-lys boxes, all gilded edges.
Small scratches with gaps on the caps, rubbed joints and cuts, two blunt corners, vertical cuts pierced in places. Fresh and clean interior. The calendar is interleaved.

The Royal Almanac is a directory of the French administration, founded in 1683 by the bookseller Laurent d'Houry, published under this title from 1700 to 1792, then under different titles (Imperial Directory, etc.) from 1793 to 1919.

It presented each year, in the official order of precedence, the list of members of the royal family of France, princes of blood, and the main bodies of the kingdom: great officers of the Crown, members of the high clergy, abbots of the great abbeys (with the income of each abbey) , marshals of France, colonels and general officers, ambassadors and consuls of France, presidents of the main jurisdictions, state councilors, bankers, etc.

AUTHOR: Collective

TITLE: Royal Almanac, year MDCCLXII containing the Births of the Princes and Princesses of Europe: The Archbishops, Bishops, Cardinals: The Marshals of France, the Lieutenants General, the King's Councils, the Departments of the Secretaries of State, The Parliament, the Chamber of Accounts, The University: The Farmers General, the Receivers General of Finance; The India Company. . . .

PLACE: PUBLISHER, DATE: Paris, chez Le Breton 1762
in-8 195x130mm of 512 pages. The calendar is interleaved.

Title decorated with the arms of Louis XV engraved on wood.

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