[LANDON, Letitia Elizabeth]. The English Bijou Almanac for 1838, poetically illustrated by L.E.L., London: Schloss, [1838], 20 x 14mm, 6 portraits, original paper boards stamped in gilt (backstrip torn with loss), paper slipcase stamped in gilt, fitted velvet case (rubbed) with original magnifying glass; Schloss's English Bijou Almanac for 1839, London: Schloss, [1839], 20 x 14mm, 6 portraits, original roan stamped in gilt with paper inlay, original roan slipcase stamped in gilt, fitted roan covered box with coloured inlays and gilt stamped design on top, original magnifying glass with hinged tortoisehell cover together with a second copy without a box -- Samual LOVER. Schloss's English Bijou Almanac for 1840, 20 x 14mm, original roan with red leather inlays, stamped in gilt, original roan slipcase stamped in gilt, fitted roan covered box with original magnifying glass (silk strap supporting magnifying glass torn) -- London Almanack for the year of Christ 1797, [n.p.]: for the Company of Stationers, [1797], 57 x 32mm, engraved frontispiece, one double-page, contemporary red morocco with blue and cream leather inlays, tooled in gilt, original morocco gilt slipcase with leather inlays (a trifle rubbed); London Almanack for 1868, [n.p.]: [1868], 59 x 32mm, engraved frontispiece, original red roan with cream and blue inlays, tooled in gilt, matching slipcase; and 3 other miniature books. (9)

細節

[LANDON, Letitia Elizabeth]. The English Bijou Almanac for 1838, poetically illustrated by L.E.L., London: Schloss, [1838], 20 x 14mm, 6 portraits, original paper boards stamped in gilt (backstrip torn with loss), paper slipcase stamped in gilt, fitted velvet case (rubbed) with original magnifying glass; Schloss's English Bijou Almanac for 1839, London: Schloss, [1839], 20 x 14mm, 6 portraits, original roan stamped in gilt with paper inlay, original roan slipcase stamped in gilt, fitted roan covered box with coloured inlays and gilt stamped design on top, original magnifying glass with hinged tortoisehell cover together with a second copy without a box -- Samual LOVER. Schloss's English Bijou Almanac for 1840, 20 x 14mm, original roan with red leather inlays, stamped in gilt, original roan slipcase stamped in gilt, fitted roan covered box with original magnifying glass (silk strap supporting magnifying glass torn) -- London Almanack for the year of Christ 1797, [n.p.]: for the Company of Stationers, [1797], 57 x 32mm, engraved frontispiece, one double-page, contemporary red morocco with blue and cream leather inlays, tooled in gilt, original morocco gilt slipcase with leather inlays (a trifle rubbed); London Almanack for 1868, [n.p.]: [1868], 59 x 32mm, engraved frontispiece, original red roan with cream and blue inlays, tooled in gilt, matching slipcase; and 3 other miniature books. (9)

拍品專文

Schloss produced his high quality almanacs from 1836-1843. "The quality of the engraving is of the highest order and is due to the great skill of Benjamin Rees Davies" (Bondy Miniature Books p.43).