Italian hand tooled leather book cover. Front features a lion rampant within a tooled shield inside egg and dart, framing a rectangle of rhombuses. Back is tooled with egg and dart, also framing a rectangle of rhombuses. All brown leather, including edging; patterns are tooled in black. Decorative interior with leather pockets for insertion of cover of book. Marked MADE IN ITALY on lower left of back. Quite good condition. Probably from the 1960s or 70s. Overall folded dimensions 7” wide x 9 1/2” tall.