Almanach auf das Jahr 1834. [C.F. Müller]. Carlsruhe. 1833.

Almanach auf das Jahr 1834. [C.F. Müller]. Carlsruhe. 1833.

[4] - blank, [4] printed pages in German, three full-page portrait plates of General Jackson, Friederich Willhelm King of Prussia, Otto King of Greece. [5-24], G.Nehrlich's 'Blumen Deutung' [Meaning of Flowers] mostly with vignette illustrations, [7] pages of poetry, [4] - blank. Complete with matching green slipcase (decoration faded). This edition/year found only in Pierpont Morgan Library & Grolier Club by WorldCat. "Almost an incunabulum of lithography- the first tiny almanac in lithography was produced in Carlsruhe in 1818...by Clement Senefelder...inventor of lithography" - Spielmann, 4. Inspiration for English Bijou Almanac series that followed. All edges gilt.

14 x 19 mm. Original card covered with lithographed green paper depicting two seated cherubs with flaming torch between them and elaborate flower urns to either side. Original card covered with lithographed green paper depicting two seated cherubs with flaming torch between them and elaborate flower urns to either side. Spine elaborately decorated in black with gilt at head and foot (minuscule wear to bottom of upper hinge, foot of spine and corners). Preserved in antique square cardboardbox, 27 x 27 mm., with yellow handwritten label (minuscule wear to bottom of upper hinge, foot of spine and corners).

This edition not in Bondy, nor Houghton, nor Spielmann, nor Welsh. Nauroy, 12. OCLC, 244788524. WorldCat locates 2 copies worldwide (Pierpont Morgan Library & Grolier Club).  25 firsts2024