ALMANACH IMPÉRIAL POUR L'AN M. DCCC. XI, présenté à s. m. l' - Lot 32

ALMANACH IMPÉRIAL POUR L'AN M. DCCC. XI, présenté à s. m. l'Empereur et roi, Par Testu. Paris : Testu, [1811]. -In-8, 215 x 127 : 964 pp. Red morocco, gilt roulettes framing the boards, painted arms in the center, smooth spine decorated with crowned eagles and a bee, inner gilt roulette, green silk lining and endpapers, gilt edges (period binding). Official almanac of the Empire of 1811. Copy on strong wove paper, from the library of Antoine-Jean-Mathieu Séguier (1768-1848), with his coat of arms painted on the boards, maître des requêtes, first president of the Paris Court of Appeal, appointed baron d'Empire in 1808 and pair de France in 1815. Spine faded, some rubbing from use, two small epidermal marks on second board, one corner dented. Rubbing to arms. Some scattered foxing. Provenance: Antoine-Jean-Mathieu Séguier, with his coat of arms painted on the boards.