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A deliciously timeworn French treasure, this antique mottled-calf volume feels like it has lived a dozen lives before finding its …
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A deliciously timeworn French treasure, this antique mottled-calf volume feels like it has lived a dozen lives before finding its way into yours. Bound in richly speckled leather, with a warm, smoky pattern unique to 18th–early 19th-century French bindings. The book is crowned with a gilt-tooled spine: tiny sunbursts, fleur motifs, and elegant compartments that glow softly when the light hits them.
Open the cover and the marbled endpapers steal the show — an inky constellation of blacks, violets, and ochres swirling like a miniature galaxy. These old French marblings were done by hand, each page a tiny piece of bookbinder’s art, completely unique.
The interior title, “Petite Biographie Classique,” hints at its purpose: a pocket-sized companion of biography and reflection, meant to be carried, consulted, and cherished. A book for the thoughtful traveler, the student of character, the lover of ideas.
Time has softened the leather and kissed the edges, giving the entire piece that irresistible cabinet-de-curiosités allure, the feeling of something discovered in a writer’s desk drawer or retrieved from the library of a château.
Perfect for styling atop a secretary desk, under a quill, in a reading nook, or in a vignette of antique French curiosities. It adds instant soul and authenticity to any Parisian-inspired space.
A true heirloom object, intimate, storied, and eternally beautiful.
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- Dimensions
- 3.3ʺW × 3.3ʺD × 5.5ʺH
- Styles
- French
- Period
- Early 19th Century
- Country of Origin
- France
- Item Type
- Vintage, Antique or Pre-owned
- Materials
- Leather
- Condition
- Good Condition, Original Condition Unaltered, Some Imperfections
- Color
- Violet
- Condition Notes
- Perfect for styling atop a secretary desk, under a quill, in a reading nook, or in a vignette of antique … morePerfect for styling atop a secretary desk, under a quill, in a reading nook, or in a vignette of antique French curiosities. It adds instant soul and authenticity to any Parisian-inspired space. less
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