(ca. 1840-1860). 5 x 7. An elegant card with a view of this girls' school in the medieval Flemish town of Coutray. This sizeable gated school is surrounded by formal plantings of trees and gardens. The view is enclosed in an elaborate foliate border chromolithographed in green, blue, pale red..... More

Paris: Gruel & Engelmann, 1862. 5 x 6. CXCII pages, each richly illuminated by chromolithography in colors and gold + 12 full page illustrations, and terminal pages to record family births, marriages, etc. Each leaf is tipped to a hinge, allowing the book to be opened flat. Bound by Gruel..... More

(ca. 1840-1860). 4 x 5 1/2. Seven different elaborate bronzes (clock, urn, candelabra) are displayed above a tapestry held up by cherubs. Champy, located behind the Grand Theatre in Brussels, was also the sole distributor for a manufacturer in Antwerp. Lithographed in pale blue, dusted with bronze & gold powders..... More

Treasury Department. Washington, D. C., 1869. Oblong 13 x 9. 3 leaves, 100 pages, 31 plates. The text is arranged in two sections followed by an Index. Pages 1-36 concern bonds, and are followed by 22 hinged-in engraved specimens. Pages 37-66 concern coinage, and are followed by 9 embossed plates..... More

Paris: Buesse-Lebel-et Massin, 1889. 5 1/4 x 7. 72 pages + 4 pages for family memoirs (not used). The prayers are followed by the marriage ceremony of Charles Lattemand and Charlotte Capitain on 19 September 1892. Miniatures & borders on each page are designed by Madame Rousseau. They are handpainted..... More

Koblenz, Germany, (ca. 1840-1860). 3 1/2 x 4 1/2. Lithographed in blue, dusted with bronze & gold powders, on pink porcelain paper. The card lists five sparkling German wines and the price per bottle. Light wear & soil. Removed from an album, with 7 bits of paper residue on reverse..... More