Creator
Paulus Turinsky.
Title
Neuer Krackauer und Titular-Calender.
Coverage
Brunn:
Publisher
Johann Franz Swoboda,
Date
[1708].
Subject
Purchased with funds provided by the B. H. Breslauer Foundation.
Description
Before the end of the 18th century, most European books were sold in cheap or temporary bindings, typically made from parchment, paper, or lightweight cardboard. Customers could then commission new bindings of their choice for their copies. When sales of popular titles were certain, however, or when books would be used immediately after purchase (e.g., almanacs, diaries), the publisher or bookseller sometimes had texts bound in leather in advance of sale. This leather-bound almanac is a very early example of this practice.
Source
From the collection of Rare Book School