137 - [Album amicorum]. A 19th-century album containing about thirty drawings. Small oblong folio (approx. 27 x 21 cm), green half-maroquin, smooth spine with decorative embellishments, “Album” gilt on the front cover.

[Album amicorum]. A 19th-century album containing about thirty drawings. Small oblong folio (approx. 27 x 21 cm), green half-maroquin, smooth spine with decorative embellishments, “Album” gilt on the front cover. A eclectic collection comprising a drawn title page, a watercolor, about thirty drawings (several of which are highlighted in color), 4 sketches, 3 handwritten texts, and 3 photographs. In various formats and techniques, some items are mounted on pasted-on leaves, signed, or captioned. One text is titled “To Ernest Dattin”; several drawings are signed “A. Queyroy" or monogrammed "AQ" (possibly Mathurin Louis Armand Queyroy, known as Armand Queyroy, (1830–1893), a French etcher and draftsman); other signatures include Guy Gréar, Henry Cailleux, De Gissac, etc. Included is a highlighted drawing signed “A Roy” and dated 1846. Worn corners and edges; scattered stains, including one larger one on 1 folio.