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Lot 510

[FORE-EDGE PAINTING]. Two 19th century volumes with fore-ed...

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[FORE-EDGE PAINTING]. Two 19th century volumes with fore-edge paintings. Including: HERBERT, George. The Poetical Works. London: John Nisbet, 1865. 8vo. Illustrated with engravings. A.e.g. Marbled endpapers. Nineteenth century full leather, stamped in black and gilt with monograms stamped to covers and spine compartments. Fore-edge painting, probably 20th century, depicting ?rapids and bridge above the Falls of Niagara.? Bookplates of magicians John B. Doukas and John Henry Grossman. -- The Holy Bible. London: George Eyre and Andrew Strahan, 1814. 32mo. Contemporary straight-grain morocco. A.e.g. Fore-edge painting of Cherryburn, Northumberland.