{"product_id":"english-bijou-almanac-for-1838-poetically-illustrated-by-l-e-l-i-e-letitia-elizabeth-landon-nbsp-nbsp-schloss-a-london-1837-nbsp","title":"English Bijou Almanac for 1838. Poetically illustrated by L.E.L. [i.e. Letitia Elizabeth Landon]. Schloss, A. [London]. 1837.","description":"\u003cp\u003e[53] printed pages. Portraits of Letitia Landon, Mozart, a young Queen Victoria, Walter Scott and Italian opera singer Giulia Grisi (1811-69).  Contains dedicated laudatory poems by Letitia Elizabeth Landon, a historical calendar and information on royal and noble families. With matching leather slipcase (magnifier possibly not original), with blue onlay, gilt date and hand-tooled floral decoration (slightly chipped). Complete with original straight-grained blue morocco presentation case, lined with cream satin (slightly age-toned). 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 parallelstrokesthroughout 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. All edges gilt. Original green endpapers. 13 x 20 mm. Original brown morocco with minuscule circular green onlays and elaborate gilt stamping. Complete with matching slipcase and in original velvet and silk  lined hinged box with brass catch. Fitted with original miniature horn rimmed magnifying glass. Purple velvet of original box is faded and rubbed on the lid. Joffe, 42. Spielmann, 141. Welsh, 2657.  OCLC,  34961632. WorldCat locates 13 copies worldwide. A similar edition is in the Queen Mary's Dolls' House in Windsor Castle.      \u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Camden Lock Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":56097318044027,"sku":"f26.171","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0430\/3313\/3212\/files\/P3238697.jpg?v=1774269985","url":"https:\/\/camdenlockbooks.com\/products\/english-bijou-almanac-for-1838-poetically-illustrated-by-l-e-l-i-e-letitia-elizabeth-landon-nbsp-nbsp-schloss-a-london-1837-nbsp","provider":"Camden Lock Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}