A LOUIS XV GOLD-MOUNTED JAPANESE LACQUER AIDE-MÉMOIRE, PARIS, MID-18TH CENTURY, POSSIBLY JEAN DUCROLLAY

rectangular, the front and back covers inset with 17th-century Japanese lacquer panels within chased gold mounts bordered by beaded bands, the gold spine similarly chased and divided by beaded bands, fitted with a gold pencil, the interior lined in green silk and enclosing gilt-edged paper leaves, 9.5 x 6 cm