Rare early Thai astronomical printing and description of the 1850 solar eclipse. - J.H. Chandler Union Press Bangkok -1850 Almanac Engravings and one is stooped over

and one is stooped over while looking across to her right

amongst others

preliminary text browned

Missing the calendar and other sections which are sometimes found in Missals

Several costume woodcuts with contemporary pen marks and manuscript marginalia in places

Rare early Thai astronomical printing and description of the 1850 solar eclipse. - J.H. Chandler Union Press Bangkok -1850 Almanac Engravings and one is stooped overSiamese almanac for the year commencing with the 1st month in the year 1211 [1850 in the western calendar], and ending with the 12th month in the year 1212 of the Siamese era Bangkok: Union Press by John Hassett Chandler 1850 Small format (12. 5 x 10 cm). Original light tan printed wrappers. PUncut. Complete: 52 & [1] pages. Very good condition light toning to wrappers, faint vertical crease to rear cover; final leaf with short closed tear (~2 cm),