Cremona, Giocomo Dalla Noce, 1803. Tall 12mo (11.7 x 6.2 cm). Title page with engraved vignette, 47 pp. Contemporary full polished, mottled calf. Boards with gilt ornamented border and small gilt floral vignettes in identical contemporary slipcase.

A beautifully made and extremely well-preserved almanac from Northern Italy. The slipcase has an ingeniously designed cloth ribbon that, if pulled, gently lifts the book out of the box. On the front free endpaper recto and last blank recto a few annotations in an old hand, otherwise clean, and in very good condition.