Rare, Striking 1808-10 Hand-colored French "Coquilles" Bookplate Engravings exotic wood the cup is in good

the cup is in good condition

I paid about as much for this little old woman as I am selling her for

But it is the painting of the horse at the center of the wall box that really sold me on this--definitely the improvisatory addition of whoever made this many years ago

Really a terrific object that would be great on the desk sitting atop incoming or outgoing mail

Rare, Striking 1808-10 Hand-colored French "Coquilles" Bookplate Engravings exotic wood the cup is in goodSOLD : 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