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London Almanack for the Year of Christ, 1783. [London]: Printed for the Company of Stationers, [1782]. Miniature book, engraved throughout, with folding engraving, "An Ordnance Office of the Old Palace Yard" over three pages, leaves pasted back-to-back throughout, bound in publisher's full contemporary ornately gold-tooled red, black, and white inlaid morocco in original matching slipcase, a.e.g., well-preserved, 2 1/4 x 1 1/2 in.
Estimate $700-900
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LondonJohn Dorfman
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Fine Books & Manuscripts
The Fine Books & Manuscripts department delivers scholarship, expertise, and attention to detail in appraisals, evaluations, and auctions of rare books and historically important material ranging from medieval manuscripts to presidential documents.