Porte-Monnaie Calender for 1869. Goodall & Son. [London]. [1868].

30 printed pages. Printed in magenta ink on rose paper. All edges gilt. 32 x 42 mm. Original rose printed card covers, stab sewn. Front cover with titling within central circle and corner -pieces of cherubs, a field hand and Old Father Time. Back cover printed 'Entered at Stationer's Hall' within classicaly decorated circular cartouche and zigzag borders. Covers lightly handled with mild patination. Almanac - each month on two facing pages - with significant historical events for every day of the year; additional pages under the headings 'Royal Family', 'Gen. Post Office', 'Fixed & Moveable Festivals, 1869' on two pages, 'Eclipses, 1869' and 'Qr. & Half Qr. Days' on one page, and 'Stamps' on the final page. Not in Bondy, nor Spielmann, nor Welsh. WorldCat locates no copies worldwide. An exceptional survivor of a hitherto unrecorded ephemeral mid Victorian almanac.