Finely Produced 16mo Valentine with Handwritten Message Inside

England, 1860. Very good to near-fine. One small part of floral scrap broken off. Minor dust soiling to orange paper on second leaf.. A bright and finely produced 16mo valentine, made from lace paper, and embossed victorian scrap. A piece of orange paper peeks through the spaces in the lace paper, which includes a pictorial scene: a pastoral church, with couple strolling nearby. The lace paper has been heightened with gilt, and is still very bright. Inside, the sender has written sweet lines of verse in pencil: "Come let us now resolve at last to live and love in quiet will tie the knot so very fast that time cannot untie it". Measures approx. 4" by 2.75