Portefeuille with elaborate japanned papier maché boards, inlaid with mother-of-pearl, hand painted and gilded with a botanical and ornithological motif

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$950 · Offered by James Cummins Bookseller · No longer available

Red and silver striped wrappered insert. Silk pastedowns, the front pastedown with a pocket. Missing one pearl button at lower right. Some craquelure. Item #373907

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