![English Bijou Almanac for 1838. Poetically illustrated by L.E.L. [i.e. Letitia Elizabeth Landon]. Schloss, A. [London]. 1837.](http://camdenlockbooks.co.uk/cdn/shop/files/P3163530_{width}x.jpg?v=1742132520)
[53] printed pages. Portraits of Letitia Landon, Mozart, a young Queen Victoria, Walter Scott and Italian opera singer Giulia Grisi (1811-69). Contains dedicated laudatory poems by Letitia Elizabeth Landon, a historical calendar and information on royal and noble families. With matching leather slipcase and magnifier (possibly original), with blue onlay, gilt date and hand-tooled floral decoration (slightly chipped). Complete with original straight-grained blue morocco presentation case, lined with cream satin (slightly age-toned). Engraved entirely with the burin (but not signed) by Benjamin Rees Davies on a single steel plate measuring about 223 x 147 mm; Davies engraved all the vertical parallel strokes throughout a line before turning the plate to complete the horizontal and joining curves of the letters. The type is less than 3-point and probably printed by McQueen. A similar edition is in the Queen Mary's Dolls' House in Windsor Castle. All edges gilt. Original rose pink endpapers. 13 x 20 mm. Original burgundy morocco. Neelands/Joffe, 42. Spielmann, 141. Welsh, 2657. OCLC, 34961632. WorldCat locates 13 copies worldwide.