Elise et Celine cartonnage book, French

"Elise et Celine ou Une Vertiable Amie" by Stephanie Ory. Deuxieme Edition. Published by Alfred Mame et Fils Editeurs, Tours. French language. Copyright 1865. A French cartonnage style book cover in green and dark gold. The cover with gilt is heavily darkened. The outer edge of the cover is bumped with under-board exposed on the upper right corner. There is heavy wear and darkening on the backstrip with many areas of decorative paper missing. The back cover is darkened with soil spots on the lower right corner. There is a gift sticker on the left endpaper. There are large foxing spots on the title page. The frontispiece black and white illustration is pictured. The interior pages are soft, white and intact with occasional areas of moderate foxing. There is heavier foxing on the Contents page in the back. 140 pages, 7.35 x 4.5"