64 pages in French. 8 engraved full-page illustrations. All edges gilt. No inscriptions. Uniformlyage-toned. 19 x 27 mm. Original red morocco with clover leaves in gilt on spine and covers with gilt floral motif within hand-tooled gilt scrolling borders. Grand-Carteret, 2121. Houghton, 394. Tissandier, 14. Welsh, 5552. WorldCat locates no copies worldwide of this imprint. An almanac that begins with poetry texts meant to be sung and containing calendars that list the saints' days for the year While the title was primarily distributed by Marcilly (the premier 19th-century French house for luxury children's books), this specific copy bears the rare imprint of Chez Sédille, the Parisian publishing firm and bookshop managed by Charles Sédille (and later his widow, Madame Sédille), who operated in Paris during the early-to-mid 19th century.













