ALMANACH royal, year M.DCC.LXXI... Paris, Le Breton, [1771], - Lot 46

ALMANACH royal, year M.DCC.LXXI... Paris, Le Breton, [1771], in-8°, red morocco, rocaille gilt plate around covers, arms in center, ribbed spine decorated with a fleur-de-lys repeated several times, lining and endpapers with gilt polychrome floral decoration, gilt edges (period binding). Collation: 587 pp. with pagination errors. This copy, cited by Olivier, bears the arms of Christophe de Pajot (1724-...), Seigneur de Marcheval. The binding, very well preserved, is decorated with a rocaille plate designed by Pierre-Paul Dubuisson (17.. - c. 1762). The calendar has been interleaved with blank leaves. Page 127 shows a small tear, to be restored. Pages 165-166, 451-452 and 585 to 587 have shorter margins. Sold without return. Dimensions : 190 x 120 mm. Provenances: Christophe de Pajot, seigneur de Marcheval; comte de Riocour. Olivier, 150 (cites only this copy for this provenance); Rahir, Livres dans de riches reliures, 1910, pl. 86, no. 184a; Barber (G.), The James A. de Rothschild bequest at Waddesdon Manor, 2013, I, pp. 319-335 (p. 321 for our plate).