Gilded Mosaic Journal 6 x 8

This journal cover reproduces an elaborate binding, crafted by gilder Émile-Philippe Mercier, of a c. 1905 edition of Les Amours de Psyché et de Cupidon. Translated "The Loves of Psyche and Cupid," the work is French poet and fabulist Jean de La Fontaine's meditation on love and beauty. Iridescent highlights, gold foil, embossed.