Description
18th Century Book Safe. Full gilt tooled calf opening to hollow box (263 x 210 mm). Title pages and first several gatherings of Geradsi van Swieten's, Commentaria in Hermanni Boerhaave Aphorismosde Cognoscendis et Curandis Morbis. Paris, 1771. Condition: front hinge repaired; binding worn.book safe disguised as commentary on medical aphorisms.