French miniature juvenile book c. 1840 L'Automne Children's Story hand color

(Old Books, 19th Century Books, Juvenile Books, Children's Stories, French Books, Illustrated Books).

Automne.
Published c. 1840-50, Paris. 
24 pages. Text in French. Engraved frontispiece with original hand color.

Publisher's miniature glossy card stock wrappers, embossed in relief cover designs.

Book is physically old and shows some signs of handling and time. Book is not new or in "new" condition.

Binding well age worn, small chipping to covers as clearly visible in pics, mostly light or inoffensive signs of handling and time but nothing severe or unsightly, book remains overall attractive as an object.

Paper is gently toned, still clean, tight, sound internally.

Still attractive on the shelf. This small little book displays a pleasing and unique age patina and is in overall nice antiquarian condition, the age flaws which are present seem easy to overlook or forgive. please review photos for more detail showing how this book survives. The asking price reflects the condition based on our examination and 35+ years full time exposure to antiquarian books, maps and printed ephemera of all types and genres. Flaws seen and/ or described have been taken into account.

Book Measures c. 2 3/4" H x 2" W.

[B10349].