MINIATURE BOOKS – a group of 27 miniature books on various s...

Lot 234
27.01.2021 10:00UTC +00:00
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$ 5 000
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Lot 234 | MINIATURE BOOKS – a group of 27 miniature books on various s...
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$ 5 000 – 8 000
MINIATURE BOOKS – a group of 27 miniature books on various subjects.

Les moeurs des premiers age ou l'école de l'antiquité. Almanach moral et Lyrique. Paris: Janet, [1796]. 16mo (99 x 59mm). Contemporary red morocco gilt, with painted miniatures on each cover (text-block detached); original green morocco pull-off case and modern slipcase. Provenance: Sir David Lionel Goldsmid-Stern-Salomons (bookplate; his sale, Christie's London, 3 December 1986, lot 76).

[WITH:] Le dessous des cartes ou les intrigues Galantes des dames de Paris. Paris: Janet, n.d. 16mo (99 x 60mm). Contemporary brown morocco gilt with flower vase design on boards. Provenance: Sir David Lionel Goldsmid-Stern-Salomons (bookplate; his sale, Christie's London, 3 December 1986, lot 45). [AND:] 26 additional miniature books, various bindings and subjects.
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