£100 - £200
ALBUMS: an attractive 1830s-40s commonplace book, binding of cream silk covered boards with embossed gilt metal floral corner and centrepieces, embroidered initials 'M D' central to upper board flanked by two coronets, gilt gauffered edges and ornate locking mechanism, some wear and marking, containing several drawings and watercolours including flowers, portraits, etc, a few with signature of members of Mansfield family, contained in worn original box with spine lacking and one board detached: TOGETHER WITH an album of photographs and ephemera relating to Australia/India, later 19thc, partially full, oblong 4to with backstrip deficient. (2)
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