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[FORE-EDGE PAINTING]. The Acts of the Days of the Son of Ma...
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[FORE-EDGE PAINTING]. The Acts of the Days of the Son of Man, or, The History of Our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ. London: M. Lewis, 1771. 8vo. Full contemporary dark red morocco, borders of covers decorated with blind roll, spine with five raised bands, gilt title, marbled endpapers (covers rubbed and darkened; later penciled marginalia, sketched map of the Holy Land on the front blanks). With a fine fore-edge painting with a scene of the Thames with Blackfriars Bridge and St. Paul's Cathedral. Provenance: John Fitchett (1776 ? 1838), English poet (bookplate); Samuel Crompton (1753 ? 1827), inventor (ownership signature).
