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Lot 249
[FORE–EDGE PAINTINGS]. A group of 4 works each concealing f...
Estimate: $300 - $500
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| $500 | $50 |
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[FORE?EDGE PAINTINGS].?A group of 4 works each concealing fore?edge paintings, comprising: Select Poetry. London: L.B. Seeley and Sons, 1825. 32mo. Full contemporary black morocco gilt, all edges gilt, concealing a fore?edge painting of a sailboat on a lake (rebacked preserving original spine). ?? Select Poetry. London: R.B. Seeley and W. Burnside; L.B. Seeley and Sons, 1830. 32mo. Full contemporary olive morocco gilt, all edges gilt, concealing a fore?edge painting of St. Saviour?s Church in London. ?? Remains of Henry Kirke White. Glasgow: printed for Richard Griffin & Co., 1844. 12mo. Engraved portrait frontispiece. Full contemporary black morocco gilt, all edges gilt, concealing a fishing boat on a lake (rebacked preserving original spine, ends a bit worn). ?? The Poetical Works of Thomas Gray. London: Bell and Daldy, 1857. 8vo. Full contemporary olive straight?grain morocco gilt, all edges gilt, concealing a fore?edge painting of Eton College (light rubbing at extreme ends). Provenance: Robert Balloch (armorial bookplate). Together, 4 works in 4 volumes, condition generally very good.
