Ethiopia - Bound in black chagrin with the lion... Lot 32

Ethiopia - Bound in black chagrin with the lion of Judah surmounted by the motto "He has conquered the lion of the tribe of Judah", framed with the collar of the order of Solomon, ribbon of the orders of the Seal of Solomon, the Holy Trinity, the Star of Ethiopia and Menelik II, the boards lined with white silk with the collar of the order of Solomon. Wear. 35 x 26 cm France (?), early 20th century. This spectacular binding was probably intended to contain the statutes of the Ethiopian imperial orders.