[Almanacs] Three (very) rare almanacs: (1)

Almanach du Gout, dédié au beau sexe, contenant des fables et d'autres pièces galantes et fugitives. Orné de belle figures. Pour l'année bissextile MDCCLXXX. Amsterdam, H. Gartman & J. van Gulik, (1779), (16),24,(88) p., with 8 double-page engraved plates, contemporary cardboard, 12mo (spine worn).

(2) Almanach tre's-curieux sur la connoissance des diamans, Pour l'anne'emil sept cent cinquante-un./ Supplément a l'instruction sur la connoissance des diamans. Paris, Lesclapart pere/ Lesclapart fils, 1751/ 1750, 2 parts in one volume, 42,(4); 44,(3) p., contemporary gilt leather, 12mo (binding rubbed/ slightly dry). Extremely rare almanac specifically for diamond dealers, with owner's stamp of "Lesguillon Orfèvre Orléans" on p. 15; (3) Almanac de Goettingue pour l'année 1792, (Göttingen), I.C. Diederich, (1791), (56),221(3) p., with a beautiful series of 11 fashion prints (no. 4 omitted, yet with title quire of 12 engraved leaves) and 12 lovely caricatures, original cardboard, all edges gilt, 12mo (front board tender, spine worn) (total 3).