{"product_id":"antique-french-cartonnage-book-4","title":"Antique French Gilt-Stamped Book, Jeanne de Montfort, Mégard, Rouen, 1858","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eJeanne de Montfort: Leçons d'histoire et de morale\u003c\/em\u003e by Mme C. Fallet, published in Rouen by Mégard et Cie in 1858 for the \u003cem\u003eBibliothèque morale de la jeunesse\u003c\/em\u003e, a series of improving books for young readers. The heroine is Jeanne de Montfort, the 14th-century duchess who defended Brittany with remarkable persistence. Judging by the engraved frontispiece, which shows her calmly holding a child aloft while a crowd advances with an axe, the lesson was not subtle.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe binding is the reason to own it. Dark green publisher's cloth is stamped all over with a gilt lattice of fleurs and diamonds around a plain oval cartouche, with a matching decorated spine. It's handsome on its own, better in a stack, and very good on a nightstand.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eDetails\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eTitle: \u003cem\u003eJeanne de Montfort: Leçons d'histoire et de morale\u003c\/em\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eAuthor: Mme C. Fallet\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePublisher: Mégard et Cie, Rouen, 1858 (\u003cem\u003eBibliothèque morale de la jeunesse\u003c\/em\u003e)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eLanguage: French\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eBinding: gilt-stamped publisher's cloth\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eIllustrations: engraved frontispiece\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eCondition: light rubbing to the binding and scattered foxing to the pages, consistent with age. Please review all photos.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e","brand":"Swan Hill Home","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50556565094619,"sku":null,"price":90.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0683\/0466\/6843\/files\/72547E1D-6FA3-4575-A38D-4E74DA30F301.jpg?v=1790959226","url":"https:\/\/swanhillhome.com\/products\/antique-french-cartonnage-book-4","provider":"Swan Hill Home","version":"1.0","type":"link"}