Rare, Striking 1808-10 Hand-colored French "Coquilles" Bookplate Engravings antique photographs graduated soft green background

graduated soft green background

12 1/4" t x 7 5/8" w x 3/4" thick

But this is the first I've found that is completely blank

I believe there was once a separate winder with string used to set this top spinning

3" x 5 1/8"

Rare, Striking 1808-10 Hand-colored French "Coquilles" Bookplate Engravings antique photographs graduated soft green backgroundSOLD : 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