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FORE-EDGE PAINTINGS -- The Book of Common Prayer. Paris: P. Didot and sold by W. Edwards and Sons, Halifax, 1791. 12°. Contemporary Etruscan panelled tree calf gilt by or in the style of Edwards of Halifax, gilt edges (rebacked). FORE-EDGE PAINTING of Binstead Church on the Isle of Wight.
HOPE, Thomas. The Pleasures of Hope. Edinburgh: John Brown, 1813. 8°, 3 engraved plates by Stewart after Burney only (of 4, light discolouration and offsetting, a few pencil marks in the margins). Contemporary red straight-grained morocco by Welcher with his ticket, gilt and blindstamped spine, gilt arabesque line border round sides, gilt edges (foot of spine chipped). FORE-EDGE PAINTING depicting Tabley House and its chapel in Cheshire. Provenance: L. A. Lisle to A. B. Knight (presentation inscription dated 1820). (2)
HOPE, Thomas. The Pleasures of Hope. Edinburgh: John Brown, 1813. 8°, 3 engraved plates by Stewart after Burney only (of 4, light discolouration and offsetting, a few pencil marks in the margins). Contemporary red straight-grained morocco by Welcher with his ticket, gilt and blindstamped spine, gilt arabesque line border round sides, gilt edges (foot of spine chipped). FORE-EDGE PAINTING depicting Tabley House and its chapel in Cheshire. Provenance: L. A. Lisle to A. B. Knight (presentation inscription dated 1820). (2)
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