{"product_id":"english-bijou-almanac-for-1837-schloss-a-london-1836","title":"English Bijou Almanac for 1837. Schloss, A. London]. [1836].","description":"\u003cp\u003e70 unnumbered pages, including dedication leaf to the Queen, title-page and plates. Engraved vignette and seven finely engraved portraits of scientist von Raumer, Mrs. Somerville, Coleridge, Goethe, Cooper, Adelaide R., and M.J. Malibran. Contains four pages of engraved music, Rondo in Balfe's Opera of the Maid of Artois. The final poem, decorated with funereal vignettes, is about Miss Malibran, the famous actress and singer who died in London in 1836. Complete with a historical calendar and information on royal and noble families. Engraved entirely with the burin (but not signed) by Benjamin Rees Davies on a single steel plate measuring about 223 x 147 mm; Davies engraved all the vertical parallel strokes throughout a line before turning the plate to complete the horizontal and joining curves of the letters. The type is less than 3-point and probably printed by McQueen. Each steel plate took at least 13 weeks of unremitting labour. All edges gilt. Original salmon endpapers. Slightly creased and with minuscule wear to edges. 15 x 20 mm. Original burgundy roan. Covers with gilt embossed decoration of lyres. Slightly rubbed.  All edges gilt. Original green endpapers. Slightly creased and with minuscule wear to edges. 15 x 20 mm. Original salmon pink roan binding with matching slipcase, profusely gilt decorated. Spielmann, 140. Welsh, 2656. OCLC, \u003cspan\u003e1135143907\u003c\/span\u003e. WorldCat locates 11 copies worldwide.   \u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Camden Lock Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":56095656444283,"sku":"f26.131","price":450.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0430\/3313\/3212\/files\/P3258982.jpg?v=1774445714","url":"https:\/\/camdenlockbooks.com\/products\/english-bijou-almanac-for-1837-schloss-a-london-1836","provider":"Camden Lock Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}