[Victorian Era Papier-Mache Mother of Pearl Binding] The Keepsake John M. Watkins Scarce in this binding

Scarce in this binding

the William Law edition of Jacob Boehme with manikin plates attributed to Rubens

This work is believed to have originated in Germany and later spread to America through the Pennsylvania Dutch and their “pow-wow” books

still in the scarce original dust jacket albeit with notable tear

Waite was so inspired by quotes from Eliphas Lévi that he found in Blavatsky’s “Isis Unveiled” that he sought out a copy of Lévi’s major work

[Victorian Era Papier-Mache Mother of Pearl Binding] The Keepsake John M. Watkins Scarce in this binding[Victorian Era Papier Mache Mother of Pearl Binding] The Keepsake: A Gift for the Holidays Publication: 1851 J. C. Riker; New York Beautiful example of the lavish mother of pearl inlaid papier mch bindings produced during the brief American vogue for increasingly elaborate book decoration in the early 1800's. As noted by the Library Company of Philadelphia such bindings appeared on American books for only a short period, approximately 18501855,