Rare, Striking 1808-10 Hand-colored French "Coquilles" Bookplate Engravings exotic wood and I just found it

and I just found it all these hands and feet together pretty striking

rich color throughout

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

Sold as found in a frame that looks to be lacquered and painted wood and shows a bit of loss around a couple of edges

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 and I just found itSOLD : 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