Miniatur-Kalender für das Jahr 1877 mit Versen Von Carl Faust. Fünster Jahrgang. Reges, B. [Johann Andreas Benjamin]. Frankfurt. [1876].

80 unnumbered pages. 120 blank leaves at end. All edges gilt. Pencil inscriptions on first blan page. 40 x 52 mm. Original green cloth with elaborate foliate borders in gilt on both covers and gilt titling on front cover. Complete with original pencil and three fitted cloth loops for closing. Not in Bondy, nor Spielmann, nor Welsh. WorldCat locates no copies worldwide. The house of B. Reges focused heavily on high-volume commercial lithography, luxury typography, and small-format paper goods. Their primary commercial success came from producing seasonal Miniatur-Kalender mit Versen (miniature calendars with verses), pocket almanacs. These items were popular mid-to-late 19th-century keepsakes sold at stationary shops and book stalls and were intended for middle-class consumers to use as affordable family gifts or decorative pocket reference books.