L'Odyssee d'Homere, 1785, French Secret Compartment Book Box with Gorgeous Marbled Paper antique wallpaper collar box almost all if them full

almost all if them full or close to it

but it's Randolph Madlem's transcription of a story about hopping grass-eating rabbits that breaks my heart

The flannel pages inside are somewhat moth eaten

stretched over a pine frame

Once fairly common

L'Odyssee d'Homere, 1785, French Secret Compartment Book Box with Gorgeous Marbled Paper antique wallpaper collar box almost all if them fullI 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