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1826–31

Medium: Leather case, silk-bound books, and glass
Dimensions: 23.6 × 21.6 × 15 × 44 cm (9 5/16 × 8 1/2 × 5 7/8 × 17 5/16 in.)
Credit Line: The Allan Chasanoff, B.A. 1961, Book Art Collection, curated with Doug Beube
Accession Number: 2014.58.77a-b
Culture: American
Period: 19th century
Classification: Sculpture
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Provenance

Purchased by Allan Chasanoff from Ursus Books 4/29/04

Bibliography

"Acquisitions 2015," http://artgallery.yale.edu/sites/default/files/files/Pub_Bull_acquisitions_2015_updated%2012_16_15.pdf (accessed December 1, 2015).

Pamela Franks et al., Odd Volumes: Book Art from the Allan Chasanoff Collection (New Haven, Conn.: Yale University Art Gallery, 2014), 74, C-234, ill.

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