Antique 17th Century Charles II Carved Oak Bible Document Box 6 Plank Trunk 1680 Drawings & Prints by Michelangelo Meucci (1840-1909)

by Michelangelo Meucci (1840-1909)

a name later adopted by the Romans

He returned to Naples

Alexander Calder

but left the navy after contracting a disease

Antique 17th Century Charles II Carved Oak Bible Document Box 6 Plank Trunk 1680 Drawings & Prints by Michelangelo Meucci (1840-1909)A good antique English, Charles II (Carolean) period carved oak bible or document box, circa 1680. Such boxes were particularly popular in the 17th century, when printed bibles were very expensive and a treasured family possession. The bible was most likely the only book owned by a family and was also the means of recording births, deaths & marriages which would be written on the flyleaf or endpapers. They were also used to protect other important