Rare, Striking 1808-10 Hand-colored French "Coquilles" Bookplate Engravings antique photographs my first thought was that

my first thought was that it would make a great line-making and design tool

This is a ninth plate image behind glass with a brass mat and housed in a full leather case

thick stripes plus the tail is pretty great too

with the handwritten card on one detailing the sizes

Quite a marvelous thing

Rare, Striking 1808-10 Hand-colored French "Coquilles" Bookplate Engravings antique photographs my first thought was thatSOLD : 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