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Calendar for 1906
Very Small Format
Publisher Unknown
Calendar for 1906, publisher unstated/unknown, c1905, small 48mo (2 1/2 x 3 in - 6.7 x 7.6 cm), a very small calendar published in a book form, spine covered, silk stab ties, 13 folded crepe paper pages including covers. The monthly calendars are each on a separate page and the page facing the calendar has a color woodblock illustration. The caption for each month contains a theme for that month and the illustration is related to that theme. This calendar is somewhat unusual in that the year is found on each monthly calendar. On calendars of this type, the year is generally stated only on the front cover.
The calendar does not contain a colophon or printer's imprint.
Similar calendars were published for 1906, 1908, 1909 & 1910. This calendar has almost all the same themes and the same woodblock prints.
The subjects of the woodblocks are:
- January - "New Year's Trees"
- February - "Plum Blossom"
- March - "The Girls' Day"
- April - "The Cherry Tree Blossom"
- May - "The Boys' Day"
- June - "The Sweet Flag Blossom"
- July - "The Summer Evening"
- August - "The Lotus Flower"
- September - "The Feast for the Moon"
- October - "The Chrysanthemum Show"
- November - "Autumn Tint of Maples"
- December - "The First Snow"
All Pages
No Colophon
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