1836 · Turin
by PIEDMONTESE ROMANTIC BINDING
Turin: s.n., 1836. 4to (binding size 257 x 203 mm). 20 pp. Case binding of ivory watered silk over pasteboards, covers richly embroidered with a variety of gilt metallic appliqués, both covers with outer border of braided or needle-looped silver thread, enclosing a frame of scrolling hatched gilt onlays, ornamented with laurel sprigs, tiny stars and concave gilt roundels creating a jewel-like effect, at each corner a pair of laurel branches built up from individual gilt leaf appliqués mounted on sequins, at center of front cover the ornate crowned monogram of Maria-Teresa of Austria, at center of back cover a large bouquet with ornamental volute base, (truncated)