L'Odyssee d'Homere, 1785, French Secret Compartment Book Box with Gorgeous Marbled Paper handmade converse sneaker I am silly to part

I am silly to part with this one because I think it is about the best thing ever

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featuring pictorial endpapers

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What especially makes it for me is all that carved crosshatching

L'Odyssee d'Homere, 1785, French Secret Compartment Book Box with Gorgeous Marbled Paper handmade converse sneaker I am silly to partI really love antique French book boxes, with a large section of pages adhered and carved out to create a secret compartment for stashing secret things. I don't come across them often but had been actively looking for one (seems to me now is a useful time to get a chunk of emergency cash out of the bank and stash it somewhere safe) when I found this one in a great antiques shop near Albany. And its a great one, in beautiful condition, and with very