18th Century French Leather Bound Tacite - Annales (7 volumes; partial set) Antique

18th Century French Leather Bound Tacite - Annales (7 volumes; partial set) AntiqueA beautifully bound group of seven macro miniature volumes of Les Annales de Tacite, translated and annotated by Amelot de la Houssaye, printed between 1716 and 1735 in Amsterdam and The Hague by publishers including the Wetstein brothers and Henri Scheurleer. This set includes seven of the original volumes (missing volumes II and V), bound uniformly in brown leather with gilt decorated spines, raised bands, and red dyed page edges. The bindings

velvet and moiré silk interior lining

Ecclesiastical approval: Mgr Guillaume-Rene Meignan

and Continental Europe

including full-page devotional engravings and decorative borders

Cast as one piece with integral decorative mounts

This is a 19th Century Old Master Revival piece

The gilt surfaces show wear and patina consistent with age

A beautifully constructed antique quarter-sawn oak stationary and smokers' cabinet featuring Gothic-inspired metal corner mounts

It is intended for resting spent matches or cigarettes

Compact in size

Mini Marble Compote

--> corresponds with a small circle of Italianate or French 19th century painters active between 1860-1890 who produced capriccios and stage-like architecutral scenes for the Grand Tour market