1914 - 1921 Depeuses Journalieres de Menage et du Reste - Daily Household and other Expenses; Paris (with) A Later, Similar Journal
Paris, France: 1914. Manuscript. Flexible Covers. Very Good. Item #028828
Expenses kept by a member of the prominent Claus family in Paris, in a "Agenda 1913" book repurposed by the owner, by hand-writing the dates & years throughout, for 1914 - 1921; French text and with hundreds of full pages of entries. Accounts with daily entries, for electric lamps, sponges, notebooks, hairdresser, tram & Metro expenses, stationery & paper, writing supplies, pharmacy, car repairs, purchases of all types of household articles & supplies, clothing, flowers; food & drink - chocolate, champagne, 'provisions epicurie,' fruit, cheese, rhum, cognac; also mentioned are expenses for dance & music courses & more. Columns are also totaled and yearly figures entered. A page at the back lists visits made to a Dr. Bloch, fees not listed. Front endpaper with the bookseller stamp of the Papeterie-Librairie Maison Lionnet Fils Eisenmenger, Succ'r 63 rue de Passy. Laid-in is a 1917 billhead from A l'Ancien Menuet Estampes & Curiosites Anciennes & Modernes 20 Avenue Victor Hugo 32 Rue de Vignes for Mons. Claus, for a table, 'ancienne l'epoque'; with the appropriate tax stamp affixed. Approx. 4" 1/2 x 7" size; dark red 'leatherette' flexible covers, all edges tinted red, marbled endpapers. Some edge, tips wear to the binding; a few leaves excised; in good condition. (With) A similar re-purposed volume, with entries from the 1960s; bound in dark green; in very good condition.
Price: $150.00