Laure et Anna, ou la Puissance de la foi sur le caractère / par Mlle Fanny de V..., auteur de Marie, ou l'Ange de la terre
A French devotional children's novel published in Tours by Ad. Mame & Cie in 1852, written under the pseudonym Mlle Fanny de V... and aimed at young readers. Its binding and plate show a green floral cover with gilt tooling and a framed colour scene of a girl kneeling in prayer beside an altar, a design a designer could borrow for pious or nostalgic gift-book styling, with its ornate floral border and gilt frame motifs.
