19th C French Livre de Mariage (Wedding Book) with Original Presentation Case Antique

19th C French Livre de Mariage (Wedding Book) with Original Presentation Case AntiqueOrnate Blue Missel Book with Clasp and Cover Slip 19th C French Livre de Mariage (Wedding Book) Perserved in its original blue leather presentation case Publisher: A Mame et Fils, Tours (noted for luxury devotional and commemorative editions a highly respected Catholic publisher active from early 19th c to early 20th c) Souvenir 27 Sept 1876 French Gifted to couples as religious wedding souvenirs often containing prayers, scripture passages, and

Ebonized edging with MOP stringing - delicate dot border and hand-inlaid shell

Louisiana and Middleburg

Man's clothing suggests 1860-1870

Verdou 1990 Painting

Flat-back relief

tapering fluted neck leading to lobed baluster base raised on six small glass feet

Flat Square Metal Vanity Box with Blue Stones - White Stained Silk Interior

and the binding remains structurally solid with attractive age patina to the leather

Emile Desbeaux (1828-1894) - a French moralist and novelist whose works were often published by Lefort Jeune and praised by the Academie Francaise

above arched frame

Gilt brass backing with black glass (French jet) oval insert

1880-1910 Popular in England