La croix sur la Baltique / par Amand Biéchy
A French novel by Amand Biéchy, printed at Limoges by Barbon frères in 1846, shown here through its gilt-tooled blue binding rather than its text. The cover is a dense rococo pattern: a central oval cartouche of a flower spray framed by scrolling acanthus, shell-like curls and corner rosettes in gold on deep blue, a useful model for ornamental borders, damask-style repeats and period bookbinding decoration.
