1840s Boxed German Album Amicorum with Many Lovelies abract watercolor Each 5 1/16" l x

Each 5 1/16" l x 1 5/8" w x 1 1/2" t

but drawings of houses many be my favorite

down to chatelaine hanging down from her waist

) Very good antique condition

which makes it feel all the sweeter

1840s Boxed German Album Amicorum with Many Lovelies abract watercolor Each 5 1/16" l xI only recently learned about album amicorum (Latin for "book of friends") or liber amicorum, a European manuscript tradition, beginning in the 16ht century, where individualsoften students, scholars, or aristocratscollected signatures, poems, illustrations, and in this case embroideries, from friends, colleagues, and notable figures. A sort of precursor to the Victorian autograph album, but these were comprised of loose pieces, collected over time,