Rare, Striking 1808-10 Hand-colored French "Coquilles" Bookplate Engravings exotic wood Sold as found in a

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

Front clasp closes and holds tight

the cup is in good condition

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

used to render an alternating design of two different flowers

Rare, Striking 1808-10 Hand-colored French "Coquilles" Bookplate Engravings exotic wood Sold as found in aSOLD : 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