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[Book safe].
- Title
- [Book safe].
- Publication
- [France?], [not before 1769]
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| Status | Format | Access | Call Number | Item Location |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Schwarzman Building to submit a request in person. | Artifact | Restricted use | Rare Books 19-34 | Schwarzman Building - Rare Book Collection Room 328 |
Details
- Description
- 1 book safe; 27 cm
- Subjects
- Genre/Form
- Specimens.
- Note
- Title devised by cataloger.
- A modified book, created as a safe or hiding place for valuables. The text after page 6 has been hollowed out and the compartment lined with marbled paper. Interior compartment measures 223 x 173 x 39 mm. The edges of the book are intact, so that the alteration is not apparent when the book is closed. Bound in gilt stamped, brown leather armorial binding (three towers on a shield).
- Spine title: Memoires de L'Academ des Science. 1766."
- The book used to make the safe was: Histoire de L'Academie Royale des Science. Année M.DCCLXVI. Paris : De l'imprimerie Royale, MDCCLXIX [1769].
- Call Number
- Rare Books 19-34
- OCLC
- 1090803310
- Title
- [Book safe].
- Production
- [France?], [not before 1769]
- Type of Content
- three-dimensional form
- Type of Medium
- unmediated
- Type of Carrier
- object
- Connect to:
- Research Call Number
- Rare Books 19-34