[Encased Postage Stamps] Ayer & Co., Dr. J.C. AYER’S ALMANACS 1889: SPECIMENS OF PRINTING IN 21 LANGUAGES. Lowell, (1888). 8vo, original ochre cloth, lettered and decorated in brown and gilt; decorative endpapers; original sample paper covers bound in. Unpaginated; illustrated. Printed in various languages (see comments). Near fine. A promotional gift book distributed as a novelty item. Includes English-language editions printed for the Pacific Coast (U.S.), Australasia and South Africe, East Indies, and Great Britain; Spanish-language editions for the Argentine Republic, Ecuador and Central America; and editions in Portuguese, Québécois French, German, Dutch, Swedish, Norwegian-Danish, Bohemian, Welsh, Italian and Finnish, as well as extracts in other tongues. Ex Wayne Homren Library.