[Embroidered Binding] New Year's Gift Book. Etrennes Mignonnes Pour l'An de N. Seigneur MDCCLXXXV. Liege: Chez J. Dessain. 1775. 52 leaves, partially interleaved with blanks. Illustrated with woodcuts of coins and phases of the moon. 12mo. Contemporary French embroidered binding of light green silk and metal thread and spangles, flowers in pink and green silk in center of each cover, housed within 12mo marbled paper covered slipcase. Minor soiling, generally sound and unsophisticated. With gilt-illustrated leather plate on inside front board, "Ex Musaeo Hans Furstenberg."



"Etrennes Mignonnes" translates roughly as "pretty New Year's Gifts." These almanachs seem to have been used frequently for these type of embroidered bindings