1827 Miniature French Leather-Spine Volume — Corinne ou l’Italie, Tome Cinquième by Mme de Staël Vintage

1827 Miniature French Leather-Spine Volume — Corinne ou l’Italie, Tome Cinquième by Mme de Staël VintageCharming early 19th century miniature French literary volume titled Corinne, ou lItalie (Volume V), written by Madame de Stal and published in Paris in 1827 by Dauthereau, Libraire, Palais Royal. The book retains its original half leather binding with marbled paper boards, featuring a dark green leather spine with gilt horizontal rules, gilt titling (Mme. de Stal Corinne), and volume number 5. The interior contains beautiful period marbled endpapers

often Truth or Reason

and foliate ornamentation arranged as design studies

illumination

and black with stylized bacgrounds and bust length portraits

C 1840-1870

and loss to finish consistent with age and previous use

and tonal variation

accompanied by glass inkwell and dip pen (3

lending character and authenticity

Furniture applique

Lined in cream velvet or chamois

and decorative metal carrying handles on either side