BINDING WITH PAINTED DECORATION UNDER MICA. - Étrennes... Lot 45

BINDING WITH PAINTED DECORATION UNDER MICA. - Étrennes mignones, curieuses et utiles. Paris, Durand, 1756. In-24, 50 x 92 mm, ivory leather, on the boards, a large hollowed-out frame of brown and ivory leather, decorated with gilded motifs, pasted on a background of red metallized paper enhanced with gilded floral motifs under mica, in the center of each board, a medallion decorated with a fine painted floral composition, under mica ; ornate smooth spine, embossed gilt paper lining and endpapers, gilt edges, protected in a later long-grained red morocco "Parish Hours" slipcase (Rel. ep.). 2 folding maps: La France ecclésiastique and Les Environs de Paris.