MINIATURE BOOKS – 10 miniature books bound in white silk with embroideries and drawings. Paris and Liege, 1768-1803.
One volume, small octavo and nine volumes, 24mo. All bound in white silk, the larger volume embroidered with gold rococo borders around paper panels containing sanguine drawings of fox and geese; another volume with paper medallions featuring a flaming heart and a tree; other volumes embroidered with gold and silver sequin designs, including a hot-air balloon carrying the Montgolfier brothers. Provenance: several volumes from the library of Sir David Lionel Goldsmid-Stern-Salomons.
MINIATURE BOOKS – 10 miniature books bound in white silk with embroideries and drawings. Paris and Liege, 1768-1803.
One volume, small octavo and nine volumes, 24mo. All bound in white silk, the larger volume embroidered with gold rococo borders around paper panels containing sanguine drawings of fox and geese; another volume with paper medallions featuring a flaming heart and a tree; other volumes embroidered with gold and silver sequin designs, including a hot-air balloon carrying the Montgolfier brothers. Provenance: several volumes from the library of Sir David Lionel Goldsmid-Stern-Salomons.
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