Antique French Red Leather Miniature Poetry Volume — Poésies Nouvelles (1836–1852) by Alfred de Musset, 1905 Antique

Antique French Red Leather Miniature Poetry Volume — Poésies Nouvelles (1836–1852) by Alfred de Musset, 1905 AntiqueA finely bound miniature French literary volume titled Posies Nouvelles (18361852) by Alfred de Musset, published in Paris in 1905 by Petite Bibliothque Charpentier (Eugne Fasquelle, diteur). The book is bound in red leather (likely morocco or calf) with a decoratively gilt tooled spine featuring floral ornaments and gilt titling reading A. de Musset Posies. The boards are plain but elegantly framed with blind tooled border lines. Inside, the volume

Cameo looks molded of the three graces instead of carved shell - likely resin or hardstone composite

and an inner beaded sight edge framing a modern replacement mirror plate

The Abbe Constatin was first published in 1882 and became a major success

Wooden Steps with Black Art Deco Design - Bombay Company

Dried stony coral - related plate/leaf coral

bound in black pebbled leather over boards with a gilt metal monogram applied to the front cover

approx 56"h

Vine and leaf motifs - symbolizing abundance and nature's renewal

Artist used warm indoor chiaroscuro and diffused natural light from an unseen window

The richly figured tiger-grain oak veneer is particularly striking across the doors and lid

or counter rather than the floor

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