Red Leather Daily Companion Book (English; 1825) VintageRed Book (Gold Trim on Covers) Daily Companion Regency era devotional miniature collectible for its binding and early 19th c English religiou publishing Published by Keating and Brown (London); 1825 Catholic publishers active in early 19th c London, known for small deovtional texts and pocket manuals Full red straight grain morocco leather, gilt tooled border and spine compartments, gilt edges, and marbled end papers Ink gift inscription dated 19 May
High quality silk or satin brocade in imperial gold with Neoclassical motifs (central medallions with urns flanked by laurel wreaths and floral sprays)
likely intended as a decorative luxury object rather than export souvenir ware
His portrait as a young man is included in Lavater's physiognomic studies
whose estate it was founded on in Bohemia
Molded under heat and pressure - produced in US between 1850s-70s
Shipping is included within the Continental US
and domed lid topped by a cast swan finial
The frame displays a layered profile: an outer molded edge
Large natural barnacle colony specimen - Megabalanus coccopoma
The ground silk exhibits a warm amber-to-rose tonality with natural abrash and oxidation from age
Interior is polished mahogany or rosewood with fitted hinges and lock plate
translated by Helen Maria Williams
