#201

1910 Vienna Ballspenden of the City of Vienna with Miniature Leather Bound Book
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2 1/2" (6 cm.) A cast-silver case with pressed Art Nouveau designs has open-work on one side to allow visual access to the red-leather book contained inside the case. The book contains a complete 1840 theatre play "The Sea and the Little Wave" (in German) by Austrian playwright Franz Grillparzer,and on the back cover in gilt letters is "Ball der Stadt-Wien 1910". Generally excellent,some rubs on book cover. Vienna,1910.