Frontispiece, 1767 Almanach des Muses
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Title
Frontispiece, 1767 Almanach des Muses
Subject
History of the Genre
Description
Ackermann also attributes his literary annual form to an earlier almanac, Almanach des Muses, published in France 1765 through 1833. The original covers are flimsy paper with no board for support; the 1767 and 1781 volumes contain only one engraving, a frontispiece, with a head engraving on the first page of poetry; the inferior paper, and pressed printing allow the type to interrupt text, and no gild edges or stamped binding provide a sense of delicacy (from Harris' Forget Me Not: The Rise of the British Literary Annual)
Publisher
Vallat la Chapelle
Date
1767
Contributor
Katherine D. Harris Collection
Rights
Photo credit: Tom Davis
Format
3.5"x6"
Type
engraving
Collection
Citation
“Frontispiece, 1767 Almanach des Muses,” Book Club of California, accessed May 7, 2024, https://bccbooks.omeka.net/items/show/16.