[Book Safe] Nouveau Dictionnaire Géographique Universel (Dictionnaire Géographiique de Vosgien)

Paris: De Belin-Mandar, 1836. Leather bound. ****NOT A BOOK. This is a book safe. [21 cm] Original mottled calf boards. Engraved half title. Secret compartment starting at page 64. No longer an intact book, but rather a French geographical dictionary (in the 9th edition) converted into a hiding place. Two of the maps at the front are torn with loss. Rubbing to the extremities; front board does not lay completely flat. The folding maps "Amérique Septentrionale 1834" and "Amérique Méridionale 1834" are present in full.