Velours italien à fermoir croisé

La Giornata del Cristiano (The Day of the Christian), printed by Belin-Leprieur, Paris, France. Publication c. late 1880s. 

An Italian daily devotional guide in a blue-green velvet, with gold-tone metal corner caps on all four corners, a large metal cross clasp, A.S. initials on the cover, ivory morie silk endpapers, all page edges are gold-gilt, colored chromolithograph frontispiece, and four engravings within. 

Italian and Latin Language, 476 pages.

75 mm W x 105 mm H 

Condition: Velvet partially split on front hinge but still structurally sound, missing top and bottom decorative metal pieces on spine, velvet discolored throughout, metal is tarnished, and some foxing throughout. Good to Fair condition. 

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