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Lot 459
Three English Religious Books With Fore-Edge Paintings
Lot Details & Additional Photographs
To include: The Book of Common Prayer (Oxford: The University Press, 1842), octavo (7.25 x 4.75 in.), dark brown morocco with gilt rules, the fore-edge depicting a cathedral, the volume housed in a conforming case with flap; The Book of Common Prayer (London: George E. Eyre and William Spottswoode, n.d., circa 1860), 12mo (6 x 4in.), dark brown morocco boards, fitted brass edges and a brass hasp, the fore-edge painting shows St. Paul's Cathedral from the Thames; Vol. III only of an anonymous bible, late 18th - early 19th century, small quarto (9.5 x 6 in.), dark green morocco with gilt rules, raised bands, the fore-edge depicts fishermen upon a river flowing past an architectural landscape (small chips to boards, else very good).

Private Collection, Chicago, IL

All books with light wear; very good condition.

$300 - 600