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Sir Walter Scott, 1857, with Split (double) Fore Edge
Paintings, bound in full red leather with intricate gold tooling
around the border of the front and back boards as well as
on the raised spine and beautifully detailed dentelle edging
on inside of covers. Profusely illustrated throughout the
text. Excellent condition. Split (Double) Fore Edge
Paintings depicting beautiful scenic views with inset
cameos of scenic views. Published in Edinburgh by Adam
and Charles Black, North Bridge. From the collection of Sir
Harry Page, who was the foremost collector of Victorian
Fore Edge Painted Books. $3,000.00
Inventory #B3350-159-g 8.25"H 5.5"W 1.5"D
1842, with Fore Edge Painting, bound in full red leather with
intricate gold tooling around the border of the front and
back boards as well as on the raised spine. Many
illustrations throughout the text. Excellent condition. Fore
Edge Painting depicts a beautiful scenic view of the
countryside, with cattle wading in a winding stream, and an
architectural structure is also visible in the background. In
the Poem contained in this book, the author endeavors to
describe his journey through a beautiful country. The Fore
Edge Painting on this book is a depiction of what the author
describes within the pages of the book. Printed in London
by Bradbury and Evans. From the collection of Sir Harry
Page, who was the foremost collector of Victorian Fore
Edge Painted Books. $2,200.00
Inventory #B3350-159i 7.875"H 5.5"W 1.25"D
Wordsworth, 1847,with split (double) Fore Edge Paintings,
bound in full red leather with fanciful gold tooling around the
borders of the front and back boards, as well as on the
raised spine. Intricate dentelle edging around the inside of
covers. Excellent condition. Published by Edward
Moxon, Dover St. London. Printed by Bradbury and
Evans, Whitefriars. Split (Double) Fore Edge Paintings
Depicting Scenic Views with Cameo Portrait Insets. From
the collection of Sir Harry Page of Manchester, England ,
who was the foremost collector of Victorian Fore Edge
Painted Books.
$3,200.00
Inventory #B3350-159L 9.5"H 6.75"W 1.75"D
William Cowper, 1845, with split (double) Fore Edge
Paintings, bound in full black leather with decorative gold
tooling on front and back boards as well as on the raised
spine. Excellent condition. Printed by Bradbury and
Evans, Whitefriars, for Thomas Tegg, London. Split
(double) Fore Edge Paintings depicting a boy fishing with
a man and dog close by, and a mother and her children
with their cat at her feet, with a man with a dog
approaching them. There is a fine cameo portrait inserted
into the scene. From the collection of Sir Harry Page of
Manchester, England, who was the foremost collector of
fine Victorian Fore Edge Painted Books. $2,800.00
Inventory #B3350-159J 6.5"T 4.5"W 2"D
Milton, with a Memoir and Seven Embellishments by
Fusali, Westall, and Martin, 1841. Beautiful Fore Edge
Painting with Cameo Insets, one of which is a Portrait of
the author. Bound in Full Black Leather, with Fancy Gold
Tooling on Front and Back Covers, as well as on the
Spine. Published by J.J. Chidley, London. From the
collection of Sir Harry Page of Manchester, England, who
was the foremost collector of Victorian Fore Edge
Painted Books. $2,500.00
Inventory #B3350-159k 8.75"H 5.75"W 1.5"D
1816-1817, with Fore Edge Painting, bound in full maroon
leather with gold tooling on front and back boards as well
as on the raised spine. Beautifully illustrated at the
beginning of each chapter with light foxing on illustrated
pages. Otherwise, excellent condition. Published by John
Sharpe,Piccadilly. With wonderfully detailed Fore Edge
Painting depicting Adam and Eve in the Garden of Eden.
From the collection of Sir Harry Page of Manchester,
England, who was the foremost collector of Victorian
Fore Edge Painted Books. $2,100.00
Inventory #B3260-139f 6.5"T 4"W 1"D
or Biblical Illustrations Drawn From the Manners and
Customs, the Scenes and the Scenery of the Holy Land,
by W.M. Thomson, D.D., 1887. Split (Double) Fore Edge
Paintings, Full Black Leather Binding, Gold Tooling
around borders of Front and Back Covers, and Very Fine
Gold Tooling on Raised Spine. Dentelle Edging inside
Front and Back Covers. Unusually Fine Binding, All
Plates and Maps Present. Wonderfully Detailed Fore
Edge Paintings Depicting Scenes from the Holy Land.
Published by T. Nelson and Sons, London. From the
collection of Sir Harry Page of Manchester, England, who
was the foremost collector of Victorian Fore Edge
Painted Books. $3,500.00
Inventory #B3350-159c 7.5"H 5.5"W 2"D
Wordsworth, and The Life of William Wordsworth,
approximately 1870, with Fore Edge Painting. Bound in
Full Green Leather, with Intricate Gold Tooling on Covers
and Raised Spine, Dentelle Edging on Inside of both
Covers, and Illustrated with 8 Fine Steel Engraved Plates
by T. Brown. Fore Edge Painting depicts Wordsworth
and his home. Published by Gall and Inglis, of Edinburgh.
From the collection of Sir Harry Page, Manchester,
England, the foremost collector of Victorian Fore Edge
Painted Books. $2,200.00
Inventory #B3350-159b 6.625"H 4.25"W 1.375"D
