[FORE-EDGE PAINTING]. HURDIS, James. The Village Curate, and Other Poems. Chiswick: Charles Wittingham, 1810.
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[FORE-EDGE PAINTING]. HURDIS, James. The Village Curate, and Other Poems. Chiswick: Charles Wittingham, 1810.
8vo (216 x 130 mm). Engraved portrait of Hurdis in style of a portrait by F. Nash on title. Contemporary morocco gilt, edges gilt concealing a FORE-EDGE PAINTING of Oxford (some minor rubbing to extremities). Provenance: Bond Hudson at al Collection Sale, 11/28/11 (description tipped in); The William Randolph Hurst Collection (description tipped in; Hammer Galleries, Cincinnati, OH January 1941); unidentified armorial bookplate (with the motto Verité Sans Peur.)
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