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"Cryptographe ou cachet-scellé de Victor Chevalier" cryptography kit
Collection — Box: 1
Identifier: MS-0952
Content Description
A portable cryptography kit for writing private letters titled "Cryptographe ou cachet-scellé de Victor Chevalier" or "Cryptograph or seal-stamp of Victor Chevalier," manufactured in Paris in 1844. The set consists of a wooden lacquered box with tools, four decorated cardboard boxes lined with embossed gold and silver paper with numerous metal pieces and a mechanical device to apply these pieces to envelopes. Also inclucded are a piece of sealing wax and a seal, a vial with blue powdery...
Dates:
1844
Found in:
Special Collections