Bibelot
a small object of curiosity, beauty, or rarity.
Historical Examples
The Twelfth Hour Ada Leverson
Certain Personal Matters H. G. Wells
Turns about Town Robert Cortes Holliday
The Sea-Wolf Jack London
noun
an attractive or curious trinket
a miniature book
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