[Fore edge painting] Le combat spiritual [by L. Scupoli]

Traduit de l’italien en français par le R.P. Brignon. Précédé de la Sainte Messe. Dijon, Pellion et Marquet Frères, n.d. (ca. 1880), 256 p., with chromolithographic frontispiece and title, 1 steel-engraved plate, finely bound in rich gilt blue-green (“oasis”) morocco, with gilt edges, front with fore edge painting (see below), 16mo, in original cover box with label of Bouasse Lebel (Paris) on inside.

The sophisticated fore edge painting depicts Mary and is monogramed in the bottom right corner. Maison Bouasse Lebel, founded in 1845, is mostly known for publishing in memoriam cards. (https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bouasse-Lebel).