Rare, Striking 1808-10 Hand-colored French "Coquilles" Bookplate Engravings bluebird hanger I don't buy a lot

I don't buy a lot via instagram as it seems most of you are looking at the same instagram dealers as I am

giving them the look of targets---that set

Ballerina measures 6 5/8" t x 2 3/8" w x 1 7/8" d

There are a few small chips to the bone and ebony as pictured

this and the two others I have are superior to any others I have seen

Rare, Striking 1808-10 Hand-colored French "Coquilles" Bookplate Engravings bluebird hanger I don't buy a lotSOLD : 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