[FORE-EDGE PAINTING]. [FORE-EDGE PAINTING]. A group of 3 books with FORE-EDGE PAINTINGS depicting scenes of the English countryside and manor houses, comprising:
Sale 945 - Fine Printed Books & Manuscripts, Including Americana
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Nov 9, 2021
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[FORE-EDGE PAINTING]. [FORE-EDGE PAINTING]. A group of 3 books with FORE-EDGE PAINTINGS depicting scenes of the English countryside and manor houses, comprising:
SCOTT, Walter, Sir (1771-1832). The Poetical Works. London; Frederick Warne and Co., n.d. 8vo (114 x 175mm). Engraved portrait of Scott on title. Numerous additional engravings throughout. 19th-century morocco gilt, edges gilt concealing a FORE-EDGE PAINTING of Abbotsford. Spine in six compartments. Provenance: G.B. Ball (ownership inscription, 1884). -- WATTS, Isaac (1674-1748). Logic; or, the Right Use of Reason.... London: John Bumpus, 1822. 12mo (140 x 86mm). Engraved portrait of Watts on title. Contemporary red straight-grained morocco gilt, edges gilt concealing a DOUBLE FORE-EDGE PAINTING painting of a river scene and a manor house. -- NORTON, Caroline Elizabeth Sarah, Lady Stirling-Maxwell (1808-1877). The Child of the Islands. London: Chapman and Hall, 1845. 8vo (248 x 159mm). 19th-century green morocco gilt, edges gilt concealing a FORE-EDGE PAINTING depicting a horse race. -- Together 3 works in 3 volumes. -- Condition generally good.
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