A purple French cartonnage style book, “Bastien ou le Devouement Filial” by Cesarie Farreng. Copyright 1865. Published by Alfred Mame et Fils, Tours. The cover is purple with pink undertones and gilt decoration. The cover corners bend downward. The decoration on the backstrip is darkened. The ex-libris sticker on the left endpage was removed. The pages are mostly crisp and white with occasional light foxing or soil spots. The frontispiece is in black and white. 137 pages, 9”.
