# Poems of Letitia Elizabeth Landon (L. E. L.) in The English Bijou Almanacks, 1836-1839/Notice and Advert

The English Bijou Almanacks
(Otherwise known as Schloss’s Bijou Almanacks)
Details of the first three of these tiny gift volumes, which measured 3/4 inch by 1/2 inch can be found in the advertisement that follows. Letitia Landon’s poems therein belong to a class of poems that were her own original conception, first published as Medallion Wafers in 1823: commodity poems. Once again she is keeping herself at the forefront of media development and, although the poems in the Almanacks were designed to be sold as commodities they are, as such, each a little jewel.
Because these volumes are so small, it is unlikely they will be scanned and all the texts have been taken from other sources. The only poem I have been unable to track down is King William IV., in the 1838 volume. However, the accompanying illustrations cannot be traced. A contemporary source and the advert that follows attribute the engravings to T. H. Jones but the etching of the texts appears to be the work of Benjamin Rees Davies. ​
ELEGANT WORKS FOR PRESENTS.
CURIOUS AND UNIQUE GIFT OF GRATEFUL REMEMBRANCE. THE ENGLISH BIJOU ALMANACK. Size, Three Quarters of an Inch, by Half an Inch
| Prices. s.d. Beautifully bound, gilt edges, in a highly embellished case. .}16 Elegantly bound, in elegant extra illumi- nated morocco, or vellum . } 30 | THE ENGLISH BIJOU ALMANACK for 1838 by L. E. L. | Extra Cases. s.d. Velvet or morocco . . . .26 Morocco, elegantly illuminated, and beautifully gilt . . . }56 Do, do, with spring fastenings70 |
* s.d. A powerful Microscopic Eye-glass (of half an inch focus) in Tortoiseshell, corresponding with the Almanack. . . .}16
* Ditto, ditto, folding, in a Tortoiseshell case . . . . . . 30
Contents for 1838, (being the third year of its appearance.) A complete Calendar, and other useful, and entertaining information, of the ensuing year. Finely engraved Portraits, on Steel, of Her Most Gracious Majesty Queen Victoria, King William IV. Miss L. E. Landon, Giulia Grisi, Sir Walter Scott, and Mozart. With poetry to each of the Portraits, except one, by L. E. L.
Portraits in the Edition of 1837. Her Most Gracious Majesty the Queen Dowager, Mrs. Somerville, Malibran, Goethe, Coleridge, Fred. Von Raumer, and Cooper
Portraits in the Edition of 1836. Mrs. Hemans, Byron, Schiller, Raffaelle, Retzsch, and John Martin.
The peculiar style, extreme neatness as a work of art, and accuracy of these
Portraits, has induced the Publisher to have a limited number of impressions taken
on extra plate paper, which are
NOW PUBLISHING SEPERATELY, ENTITLED THE BIJOU PORTRAITS. Size Half an Inch, by Three Quarters of an Inch.
* s.d. Plain . . . . . . . . . . each06 Neatly mounted and varnished, plain . . .10 Beautifully coloured . . . . . 10 Neatly mounted and varnished, coloured . .10
☞ The likeness of the following Illustrious Individuals are ready, and may be obtained, viz:—
Her Most Gracious Majesty the Queen; King William the Fourth; Miss L. E. Landon; Grisi; Sir W. Scott; and Mozart. Fac-similes of their autographs are annexed to each.
ENTIRELY NEW AND BEAUTIFUL DESIGNS. On fine Plate Paper, in a neatly decorated case, 12mo. price 2s. 6d. ALBUM TABLETS: Six elegant and Highly Imaginative Arabesque Designs, illustrative of the Poetry of L. E. L. and John A. Heraud, Esq., in the English Bijou Almanack for 1838. Drawn and etched on Steel, by T. H. Jones.
The poems in the English Bijou for 1838, are reprinted in a form novel to the English public, though very popular in Germany, with emblematical and classical embellishments. Thus adorned, it is hoped that they will not be deemed undeserving of a place in those elegant Reposi- tories and Albums for which they are principally designed.