For poetical and practical purpose

Ladies and gentlemen of the Georgian period carried not only prayer books and bibles, but also books of poems and the annual miniature almanacs containing practical information on everything from the phases of the moon to the currency exchange rates of Europe.

Published in Paris in 1819 under the Perrot, Au Chat Noir imprint, Etrennes À L’Innocence is a book …

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