A lovely miniature book will a pictorial tooled silver front cover, depicting a horse-drawn carriage, a woman, a child, and a forested backdrop with a tower. Spine and back cover are bound in limp leather. Rounded corners and bright gilt to all edges, gold with a reddish tint (possibly rose gold?). Slight staining on gilt on the top edge. Foxed light green marbled endpapers and an inscription to ffep.
The pages are arranged according to the date, with pages on the left-hand side containing quotations and poems, to accompany blank lines on the right-hand side, meant for the owner to fill in. This particular copy has only two owner’s entries we can find. Poets quoted include Walter Scott, Thomas Moore, Felicia Hemans, Byron, Milton, and other English poets.
