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Double fore edge painted book:
The Lord of the Isles, by
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
Pag
e of Manchester, England,
who
was
the
foremost collector
of Victorian
Fore Edge
Painted Books.
Circa 1857
$3,000.00
Inventory #B3350-159-g 8.25"H 5.5"W 1.5"D
Double fore edge painted book:
The Poems of William
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
d
epicting
s
cenic
v
iews with
c
ameo
p
ortrait
i
nsets. From
the
collection of
Sir Harry Page of Manchester, England ,
who was
the
foremost collector of Victorian
f
ore
e
dge
p
ainted
b
ooks.
Circa 1847
$3,200.00
Inventory #B3350-159L 9.5"H 6.75"W 1.75"D
Double Fore edge painted book:
The Poetical Works of
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
in the
compartments
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
f
ore
e
dge
p
ainted
b
ooks.
Circa 1845
$2,800.00
Inventory #B3350-159J 6.5"T 4.5"W 2"D
Fore edge painted book:
The Poetical Works of
John
Milton, with a Memoir
and
Seven
Embellishments by
Fusali, Westall, and
Martin,
1841. Beautiful
f
ore
e
dge
p
ainting with
c
ameo
i
nsets,
one of which is a
p
ortrait of
the
author.
Bound in
f
ull
b
lack
l
eather, with
f
ancy
g
old
t
ooling on
f
ront and
b
ack
c
overs, as well as
on
the
compartments on the raised s
pine. Published by J.J.
Chidley, London.
From the
collection of Sir Harry Page
of
Manchester, England, who
was the foremost
collector
of
Victorian
f
ore
e
dge
p
ainted
b
ooks.
Circa
:
1841
$2,500.00
Inventory #B3350-159k 8.75"H 5.75"W 1.5"D
Fore edge painted book:
Paradise Lost, by John Milton,
1816-1817, with Fore
Edge
Painting,
bound in full maroon
leather with gold
tooling on
front and back
boards as well
as on the
compartments 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
f
ore
e
dge
p
ainting 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
f
ore
e
dge
p
ainted
b
ooks.
Circa 1816-1817
$2,100.00
Inventory #B3260-139f 6.5"T 4"W 1"D
Double Fore edge painted book:
The Land and the
Book;
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,
f
ull
b
lack
l
eather
b
inding,
g
old
t
ooling
around
borders of
f
ront
&
b
ack
c
overs, and
v
ery
f
ine
g
old
t
ooling
within the compartments
on
the r
aised
s
pine. Dentelle
e
dging inside
f
ront and
b
ack
c
overs.
Unusually
f
ine
b
inding,
a
ll
p
lates
and
m
aps
p
resent.
Wonderfully
d
etailed
f
ore
e
dge
p
aintings
d
epicting
s
cenes 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
f
ore
e
dge
p
ainted
b
ooks.
Circa 1887
$3,500.00
Inventory #B3350-159c 7.5"H 5.5"W 2"D
Fore edge painted book:
The Poetical Works of
William
Wordsworth, and The
Life of
William
Wordsworth,
approximately 1870, with
Fore Edge
Painting. Bound
in
f
ull
g
reen
l
eather, with
i
ntricate
g
old
t
ooling on
c
overs
and
compartments of the r
aised
s
pine,
Dentelle
e
dging on
i
nside of both
c
overs, and
i
llustrated with 8
f
ine
s
teel
e
ngraved
p
lates
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
f
ore
e
dge
p
ainted
b
ooks.
Circa aprox. 1870
$2,200.00
Inventory #B3350-159b 6.625"H 4.25"W 1.375"D
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