[FORE-EDGE PAINTING] -- A group of 6 religious works in 3 volumes with FORE-EDGE PAINTINGS.
Sale 945 - Fine Printed Books & Manuscripts, Including Americana
Lots 1-307
Nov 9, 2021
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Lots 308-687
Nov 10, 2021
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[FORE-EDGE PAINTING] -- A group of 6 religious works in 3 volumes with FORE-EDGE PAINTINGS, comprising:
[BIBLE, in French] -- Le Nouveau Testament, C’est a dire, La Nouvelle Alliance de nostre Seigneur Jesus Christ. Paris: Antoine Cellier, 1669. 8vo (79 x 146mm). 19th or 20th century brown morocco gilt, edges gauffered and gilt, concealing FORE-EDGE PAINTING of flowers in an oval. – [COWPER, William and John NEWTON.] Olney Hymns. London: Whittingham and Arliss, 1815. 3 works in one volume, 16mo ( 105 x 54mm). Contemporary red straight-grained morocco gilt, edges gilt, concealing FORE-EDGE PAINTING of Olney Church. – [BOOK OF COMMON PRAYER, English]. GRIMSTON, Charlotte, editor. The Form of Morning Prayer, According to the Use of the United Church of England and Ireland. Oxford: J. Hatchard and Son, 1842. 2 works in one volume, 12mo (117 x 70 mm). Contemporary black morocco gilt, edges gilt, gauffered, and painted, working brass clasp at fore-edge. -- Together 6 works in 3 volumes, condition generally good.
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