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Front clasp closes and holds tight
I paid about as much for this little old woman as I am selling her for
the cup is in good condition
The metal looks like brass
and I just found it all these hands and feet together pretty striking
Rare, Striking 1808-10 Hand-colored French "Coquilles" Bookplate Engravings exotic wood Front clasp closes and holdsSOLD : E, F My photos do not do these hand colored bookplate woodcut engravings justice they are subtle but quite stunning I think, with the interplay of the engraving and the coloration making them feel both unusual and really rather exquisite. They come from a scarce 1808 10 work "Conchyliogie systmatique et classification mthodique des coquilles," by the French naturalist Pierre Denys de Montfort (1766 1820) with the plates drawn and engraved by
