michaelmoonsbookshop: Detail showing a folding travelling bookcase complete with books next to a sta
michaelmoonsbookshop:Detail showing a folding travelling bookcase complete with books next to a standard 30cms / 1’ wooden ruler .. these aren’t miniature books but they are smaller than usual the book case when closed is 8" deepThe bookcase dates from the 1830’s and is an example of Campaign / travelling furniture; the design of which enabled it to be compact and moved easily - it once belonged to Major General Sir Frederick Cavendish Ponsonby GCMG, KCB, KCH a soldier who fought at Waterloo and was a friend and contemporary of the Duke of Wellington.[Sold] -- source link
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