$1,100
Estimate: $300 - $500
Auction: February 18, 2021 10:00:00 AM EDT
An eighteenth-century edition of Voltaire made into a traditional secret book box, hiding a miniature fully functional chess set of white and red pieces on an ocean blue and tan leather board. 8vo. Full mottled calf, elaborately tooled in gilt; marbled endpapers.
From the collection of Stanhope Shelton, British dealer in British drawings, and with his book-plate on front paste-down.