[Almanach Royal. Paris: D'Houry [later veuve D'Houry & DeBure], 1716, 1718, 1722, 1724, 1727, 1731, 1732, 1735, 1738, 1740, 1742, 1748, 1749, 1750 [in duplicate], 1751, 1753, 1755, 1758, 1759, 1761, 1763-67, 1770-77, 1778, 1780, 1781, 1784-1789, 1792, 1821. Together 46 vols., 8vo, most contemporary calf, except for seven in contemporary red morocco armorial bindings, including 1749 TRUDAINE DE MONTIGNY; 1755 BERTHELOT DE ST. ALBAY GEUGARD; 1774 DUBUISSON; 1785 MARQUET [Olivier 465]; 1786; 1787 LOUIS JOSEPH DE BOURBON, PRINCE DE COND; 1789 THE ROYAL MAIL; three in original wrappers, 1750, 1776 and 1821, several t.e.g., condition varies, generally good. "...The incalculable number of documents regarding the institutions of the ancien regime make this a resource of the first order which no other can replace" Saffroy. Bibliographie des Almanachs et Annuaires (Paris, 1959), 80. (46)