ALBUM AMICORUM. - Lot 153

Lot n° 153
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ALBUM AMICORUM. - Lot 153
ALBUM AMICORUM. (Brittany, Loire Valley), (ca. 1900–1925). In-12, period aubergine-colored Russian leather, spine with raised bands accented by cold-stamped fillets, fillet framing the covers, metal key-locked clasps (forced), gilt edges, gilt scrolls on the endpapers, gilded fillet on the edges, guilloché caps (slightly scuffed at the corners, edges, and raised bands). Partially blank notebook consisting of approximately 200 leaves of very fine ivory-colored coated vellum-type paper, including (28) pp. containing handwritten text or paintings. A charming antique friendship book (early 20th century) containing handwritten letters and poems, as well as pen-and-ink and watercolor drawings, all signed and sometimes dated. The floral theme, sometimes accompanied by verses on friendship and the ideal of otherness, is a recurring motif, at times very well executed and aesthetically pleasing. The owner of this liber amicorum appears to have been a certain Madeleine. Notably, there are 5 folios of interesting handwritten verses organized into three color themes, *Les Horizons*, all in the same hand—that of a certain Augustin Dubois. Various places are mentioned: Louvilliers-en-Drouais (Loire Valley, a 19th-century church), the port of Ploumanach, and Keroulou (Côtes du Nord). Two of the drawings are on loose leaves (different paper).
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