Ferréol, ou, Les passions vaincues par la religion / par Théophile Ménard
Ferréol, ou, Les passions vaincues par la religion is a devotional novel by Théophile Ménard, published in Tours by Ad. Mame et cie in 1845 with illustrations by J.-J.-E. Roy, aimed at a general reading public. Its binding is a richly gilt cream cover with red fillet borders, scrolling foliage and rocaille ornament, and a central oval painted vignette of three figures in a landscape, which a designer could take as a model for ornate decorative framing.
