Collectif - Almanach Les amusement de Paris - 1900

Almanac The amusements of Paris [Anonymous] [Emile LIEZ | Emile DEVAMBEZ] In Paris, at Mr. E. Liez’s at the Hôtel de Coligny, Rue Neuve des Petits Champs. [s.d.] 1 volume in-32 (101 x 64 mm), 88 pp Superb copy of this rare Almanac in the taste of the 18th century The amusements of Paris. Almanac singing for pretty women who have sense. With Economic Tablets. Loss and gain. Small faithful and discreet secretary. Full morocco binding in burgundy decorate d with a plate on the covers and the spine ornamented with small gilded tools (parody binding of an almanac from the period 1780-1790). very beautiful condition. All edges gilded, small reinforcement in the upper head. On the title verso one can read printed: The amusements of Paris. Almanac reprinted by the care of Mr. EMILE LIEZ from the old copy belonging to his collection. Printed below: LIMITED to 500 numbered copies [numbered 274 in ink]. Printed beneath: DEVAMBEZ Graveur-Editeur d’Art, Passage des Panoramas, 63, Paris 1 frontispiece in black “L’Apotheosis”, followed by the title page with verso collation. 24 and 24 pages, followed by 40 pages. Of which 12 engravings heightened by hand with watercolor (one for each month of the year). The second part of the work is a small notebook for wins and losses at play as well as a small notebook for taking notes (blank). Between the prints are found light songs and poems of which here is the list: Le rideau entr’ouvert (air: often more than one enchantress) - verse - Autres temps, autres moeurs (air: Iris learn to know) - Le cheval fondu (air: I have seen Dafné, Gods! How beautiful she is) - La substitution (air: from Vaudeville of the 2 twins) - L’amour dragon (air: a sage claimed that well) - Le Nouveau Colin-Maillard (air: I scarcely remember) - Le besoin des deux sexes (air: all is well, all is bad) - Romance (air: deign to listen etc.) - Le mari surveillant (air: I touch the fortunate hour) - L’échelle rompue (air: This handkerchief beautiful Raimonde) - La vengeance pardonnable (air: a young shepherdess) - Le cent de fagots (air: fickle and light love) - Le triomphe du sentiment (air: while moving away from his muse) - suite - L’heureux retour (air: I have seen Dafné) - La jouissance des vieillards (air: You who far from a lover) - La véritable philosophie (air: Gusman said to his shepherdess) - L’homme sensible (air: with games etc) - Le prix de la bienfaisance (air: touching a heart is a great good) - L’homme content de tout (air: that sultan Saladin) - L’heureuse réconciliation (air: this bouquet offers you at once) - Le conseil difficile à suivre (air: how sweet) - Romance (air: you far from a lover) - Le tableau touchant (air: in the month of May). Here are the captions for the 12 prints for the months: January: reciprocal New Year gifts - February: the return of the ball - March: the amusements of Rapée - April: the bouquet-maker of the Palais Royal - May: pleasures of the Saint-Gervais meadow - June: enlightened suspicions - July: the waters of Passy - August: the joys of the harvest - September: the adventure of the Bois de Boulogne - October: the harvest at Salenci - November: the dexter hunter - December: the winter stroll. Emile Liez, hat maker for ladies, great collector of old rare almanacs, in collaboration with the publisher Emile Devambez, around 1909, issued two spoof almanacs including this one. The other being The Laces of Venus. There does indeed exist an almanac published by Jubert in 1786 bearing the title "The amusements of Paris" but the comparison ends there. According to the description by John Grand-Carteret in his bibliography of Almanacs, there is nothing in common between this late 18th-century almanac and this pastiche produced by Emile Liez and Emile Devambez. The verse pieces are different, the engravings are different. It is therefore a deliberately staged pastiche by this discerning amateur with the help of the art publisher Devambez. All served by a quality worthy of the originals. The coloring of the prints is perfect. The paper used is a fine thick laid paper. The binding itself rivals the finest gilded-plate bindings of old almanacs from the 1780-1800 period. The binder even went so far as to use starry gold paper for the inside covers and flyleaves. This small volume, very curious in its conception and very interesting in its beautiful realization, deserves the attention of modern bibliophiles. Although printed in 500 copies, the beautifully preserved copies like this one have become rare. Very fine copy.

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