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Lot 413
[FORE?EDGE PAINTING]. ?? [EDWARDS OF HALIFAX]. COWPER, Will...
Estimate: $1,500 - $2,500
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[FORE?EDGE PAINTING]. ?? [EDWARDS OF HALIFAX]. COWPER, William (1731?1800). Poems. London: T. Bensley for J. Johnson and Co., 1812. 2 volumes, 8vo (159 x 95 mm). ETRUSCAN CALF BY EDWARDS OF HALIFAX, covers with gilt pentaglyph and metope border, stenciled frame of palmettes, central panel enclosed by a stenciled border, enclosed is a stenciled device of a fan?like shape with tulips on a pointill? background and other geometric shapes, spine in 6 compartments with 5 raised bands, 2 red morocco lettering?pieces gilt, gilt?tooled in remainder, all edges gilt, each concealing CONTEMPORARY FORE?EDGE PAINTINGS depicting Berkhamsted (Cowper?s birthplaces) and East Dereham Churchyard (Cowper?s burial place). (Separation along joints); morocco vertical slipcase gilt?stamped by Sangorski & Sutcliffe for Marshall Field & Co. (some rubbing along edges). Provenance: Presented by Gladys McKenney Molony to the Saint Mary?of?the?Woods College Library (inscription dated 11 November 1986 on verso of title?page), collector of fore?edge paintings.
