Finely Done Presumed Early 19th C. French Secret Compartment Books Box log splitting cones and some white paint on

and some white paint on the top side

I don't know who made these architectural building blocks or precisely when

This set is missing its original box

Giraffe is 4 3/4" t  x 2 7/8" l x 13/16" w

Finely Done Presumed Early 19th C. French Secret Compartment Books Box log splitting cones and some white paint onNot your average secret secret compartment inside a book box, this one I believe is French and quite old. I have found one other out there done in a very similar manner listed at $1800 and described as dating to the 1700s; I am not certain on the date, but the three leather bound books here are 18th early 19th c. Their pages were glued together and pressed, allowing the center section to be hollowed out, with the compartments lined in leather, a