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581 - Writing portfolio with a shaped flap, decorated in the Romantic style. [Brussels? Dero-Becker? c. 1830–1850] Cardboard and burgundy straight-grain morocco, 23 x 30.5 cm (closed), fitted with a silvered-metal lock, richly decorated with a large blind-stamped plaque and gilt tooling, leather-lined interior, the left endpaper fitted with three expanding compartments lined in burgundy watered cloth and featuring gilt-lettered tabs reading “Lettres à répondre,” “Lettres répondues,” and “Notes diverses”; the right endpaper features a gilt-printed perpetual weekly calendar, with a blotting-paper booklet in burgundy watered cloth attached with a green ribbon (key missing, minor rubbing and a few small scratches, ribbon broken). A fine portfolio attributable to the Brussels firm Dero-Becker (for a similar example, see lot no. 580), a print dealer and lithographic printing house active in the first half of the 19th century.
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Writing portfolio with a shaped flap, decorated in the Romantic style. [Brussels? Dero-Becker? c. 1830–1850] Cardboard and burgundy straight-grain morocco, 23 x 30.5 cm (closed), fitted with a silvered-metal lock, richly decorated with a large blind-stamped plaque and gilt tooling, leather-lined interior, the left endpaper fitted with three expanding compartments lined in burgundy watered cloth and featuring gilt-lettered tabs reading “Lettres à répondre,” “Lettres répondues,” and “Notes diverses”; the right endpaper features a gilt-printed perpetual weekly calendar, with a blotting-paper booklet in burgundy watered cloth attached with a green ribbon (key missing, minor rubbing and a few small scratches, ribbon broken). A fine portfolio attributable to the Brussels firm Dero-Becker (for a similar example, see lot no. 580), a print dealer and lithographic printing house active in the first half of the 19th century.
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