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Lot 463
Four English Books With European Views as Fore-Edge Paintings
Lot Details & Additional Photographs
To include: Macaulay, Thomas Babington. Lays of Ancient Rome (London: Longman, Brown, Green, and Longman, 1847), full red morocco with gilt rules and spine, octavo (8.5 x 7 in.), the fore-edge has a panorama painting of the Roman forum (some wear to boards; light foxing); Rogers, Samuel. The Poetical Works (London: Edward Moxon, 1848), burgundy morocco with gilt, 16mo (5.5 x 3.5 in.), the fore-edge painting depicts Venice (some light wear to edge, else very good); Rogers, Samuel. The Poetical Works (London: Edward Moxon, 1856), burgundy morocco with gilt, 12mo (6 x 4.25 in.), the fore-edge with a Dutch scene (wear to spine, else very good); Arnold, Matthew. Mixed Essays (London: Smith, Elder & Co., 1880), full leather with gilt spine, small octavo (7.5 x 5 in.), the fore-edge with a view of Frankfurt-Am-Main (front cover disbound but present).

Private Collection, Chicago, IL

$300 - 600