Tagliabue, Antonio. La Giornata del Cristiano : con esercizi di pietà anche per la fanciulleza che si accosta alla cresima ed alla prima comunione. Grandi & Tenconi. Milano. 1889.
280 printed pages. Chromolithographed frontispiece and additional title page. Red borders on each printed page. Very slight age-toning. Contemporary or slightly later ribbed iridescent white endpapers. All edges gilt. 70 x 99 mm. Contemporary or slightly later (1920s ?) mother-of-pearl and iridescent abalone paua shell tesselated covers and spine. Stamped, decorative chromium clasp and fittings. In 1920's (?) fitted faux snakeskin covered, silk and wool lined and hinged box with clasp (decorated floral paper covering underneath).
Daily prayers in Italian with a section on a child's Confirmation and first Communion, in an opulent slightly later rebound tortoise shell extravagance.
Not in Bondy, nor Spielmann nor Welsh. OCLC, 801165307. WorldCat locates 2 copies worldwide (Universität Eichstätt-Ingolstadt & Biblioteca dei Padri Cappuccini). OABA6 5456