Calendrier perpetuel. Eternal calendar. Coloured copper engraving, drawn on cardboard with 8 punched viewing windows and 3 verso mounted movable cardboard wheels, again with copper engravings. 22 x 26 cm. Paris, Noel, o. J. (1812). An eternal wall calendar with the bucolic representation of a group of cheerful people dressed in "alla antica", inspired by Nicolas Poussin's famous painting "Der Tanz des Lebens zur Musik der Zeit" (The Dance of Life to the Music of the Time) (from 1634-1636). On the left a winged putt blows the double flute, on the right an old winged man accompanies with a lyre, while pretty young girls and young men dance around a stone column. Above this is a balloon with a field of view, in which the current year can be set: "1812" to "1820", on the left you turn a clock wheel with the respective day date, which is compared with the week days. And on the right there appears on a large disk in six windows of the Zodiak with the month, days per month, the Zodiac sign - and the indication at sun times, day-night equinox and much more: "Signe de Planètes - Signe du Zodiaque - Longuer des Nuits - Lever du Soleil - Longuer des Jours - Coucher du Soleil". – The Zodica wheel loose, slightly flaky, axes slightly rusty, few edge bends, overall very pretty and contemporary colored.