Fore edge painted book: The Poetical Works of
William Cowper, Complete Edition, with Memoir,
Explanatory Notes, etc., Circa 1870. Very Unusual
Fore Edge Painting of a City and a River, Painted in
Red and Black hues only. Full page original illustrations
throughout the text, and a portrait of the author. Bound
in full black leather with both gold tooling and blind
tooling bordering the Front and Back Covers, as well
as on the raised bands on spine. Dentelle edging
around the inside covers of book. Published by
Frederick Warne and Co., London. From the collection
of Sir Harry Page of Manchester, England, who was the
foremost collector of Victorian fore edge painted books.
$1,500.00
Inventory #B3260-139e 7.5"H 5.25"W 1.5"D
William Cowper, Complete Edition, with Memoir,
Explanatory Notes, etc., Circa 1870. Very Unusual
Fore Edge Painting of a City and a River, Painted in
Red and Black hues only. Full page original illustrations
throughout the text, and a portrait of the author. Bound
in full black leather with both gold tooling and blind
tooling bordering the Front and Back Covers, as well
as on the raised bands on spine. Dentelle edging
around the inside covers of book. Published by
Frederick Warne and Co., London. From the collection
of Sir Harry Page of Manchester, England, who was the
foremost collector of Victorian fore edge painted books.
$1,500.00
Inventory #B3260-139e 7.5"H 5.25"W 1.5"D
Fore edge painted book: Lawrie Todd; or, The
Settlers in the Woods, by John Galt, Late 19th
Century, with fore edge painting. Bound in a salmon
colored linen, with brown tooling on covers and spine.
Wonderful color illustrations throughout. Fore edge
painting of Esopus Creek, New York, after Alfred
Thompson Bricher. Published by Walter Scott, London.
Circa: Late 19th century $495.00
Inventory #B2308-174 7.5"H 5.25"W 1.25"D
Settlers in the Woods, by John Galt, Late 19th
Century, with fore edge painting. Bound in a salmon
colored linen, with brown tooling on covers and spine.
Wonderful color illustrations throughout. Fore edge
painting of Esopus Creek, New York, after Alfred
Thompson Bricher. Published by Walter Scott, London.
Circa: Late 19th century $495.00
Inventory #B2308-174 7.5"H 5.25"W 1.25"D
Fore edge painted book: The Complete Poetical
and Dramatic Works of Sir Walter Scott, with an
Introductory Memoir by William B. Scott, Pre-1890.
A fore edge painted book bound in full red leather
with gold tooling on covers and raised spine,
illustrated. The fore edge painting on this particular
book, unlike the fore edge paintings on all of the other
fore edge books listed in this category, was added
during the late 20th Century, and does not date to the
period in which the book was printed. The fore edge
painting depicts a Castle from a Watercolor Painting by
J.M.W. Turner. Published by George Routledge and
Sons, London. $850.00
Inventory #B726 8.25"H 6.25"W 2"D
and Dramatic Works of Sir Walter Scott, with an
Introductory Memoir by William B. Scott, Pre-1890.
A fore edge painted book bound in full red leather
with gold tooling on covers and raised spine,
illustrated. The fore edge painting on this particular
book, unlike the fore edge paintings on all of the other
fore edge books listed in this category, was added
during the late 20th Century, and does not date to the
period in which the book was printed. The fore edge
painting depicts a Castle from a Watercolor Painting by
J.M.W. Turner. Published by George Routledge and
Sons, London. $850.00
Inventory #B726 8.25"H 6.25"W 2"D
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