ALMANACH ROYAL. Année bissextile 1740. Paris, Vve d'Houry. I - Lot 54

ALMANACH ROYAL. Année bissextile 1740. Paris, Vve d'Houry. In-8, contemporary speckled havana calf, 5-rib spine, gilt title and date, fleur-de-lys caissons, boards decorated with a triple fillet with 4 fleurs-de-lis in spandrels, all gilt, gilt roulette at edges, gilt embossed paper endpapers, gilt edges (head cap torn off, one corner dull; browning). Also included: OFFICE de la Semaine sainte, latin et françois, à l'usage de Rome et Paris... New edition. A Paris, chez A. Dezallier, 1701. In-8, contemporary red morocco, 5-ribbed spine, gilt title, cold-stamped fillet on covers, gilt roulette on spines and edges, gilt edges (some rubbing, one corner dull, some leaves out of order, browned margins). 2 volumes.