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DEFOE, DANIEL .

Calendar auf das Jahr nach Jesu Christi unsers Heilandes Geburt 1804.

Augsburg Johann Peter Ebner (1803) (34) ff. + twelve inserted engravings and two thick, coated memosheets inserted at the end. Engraved half-title and frontispiece by Johann Paul Thelott. The engraved illustrations, also by Thelott, show scenes from Robinson Crusoe, which is printed in verse. Note is made on the title that 1804 is a leap year. Astrological notices for each month follow the calendar. This is one of a series of deluxe almanacs published by Ebner at the end of the eighteenth and the beginning of the ninteenth century. In publisher's binding of full silver-coated calf, elaborately blind stamped. Some light wear to the silver, covers somewhat bowed, else a fine copy of a rare Defoe item. A.e.g. (2 15/16 by 1 15/16 in.; 75 by 48 mm.). (Gumuchian 4824; Welsh 1590). (Miniature).

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