Finely Done Presumed Early 19th C. French Secret Compartment Books Box doll with carved wooden head Paper measures 8 1/16” x

Paper measures 8 1/16” x 6 5/8”

This small totem was carved from a very soft

certainly a relative of the Mr

it could be stealthily slipped in among the the stacks in the library or parlor

price is per drawing

Finely Done Presumed Early 19th C. French Secret Compartment Books Box doll with carved wooden head Paper measures 8 1/16” xNot your average secret secret compartment inside a book box, this one I believe is French and quite old. I have found one other out there done in a very similar manner listed at $1800 and described as dating to the 1700s; I am not certain on the date, but the three leather bound books here are 18th early 19th c. Their pages were glued together and pressed, allowing the center section to be hollowed out, with the compartments lined in leather, a