Roman History Vol. III, 1752, Huge French Secret Compartment Book Box with Gorgeous Marbled Endpapers stuffed cloth dog Hang it from a ribbon

Hang it from a ribbon in the office or studio both to be used as needed and enjoyed the rest of the time

with photos adhered to the card

About a year ago I found and sold another painting by self-taught artist Charles Rabin (1897-1983)--that one of an interior with  woman in orange dress holding a potted plant (which I completely fell in love with

actually reminding me a bit of his portrait of Gertrude Stein--as if a this were a portrait of woman looking toward modernity

I have only found one other of these out there anywhere

Roman History Vol. III, 1752, Huge French Secret Compartment Book Box with Gorgeous Marbled Endpapers stuffed cloth dog Hang it from a ribbonAs early a French secret compartment book box as I've come across 1752! and quite a large one, with the most gorgeous marbled endpapers . And, a volume about Roman History, specifically the rise and fall of the Roman Republic, feels pretty apt for the moment. (This is the third volume in a series written by Charles Rollin and Jean Baptiste Louis Crvier spanning the period from the founding of Rome to the The Battle of Actium, 31 BC, leading to the end