Three Early-19th-Century Books with Fore-Edge Paintings of Views of England

(3) volumes, all bound in full red leather with decoration in blind and/or gilt, and with gilt edges, to include two religious books and one book of poetry:

Rev. Solomon Stoddard. A GUIDE TO CHRIST; OR, THE WAY OF DIRECTING SOULS THAT ARE UNDER THE WORK OF CONVERSION. London: Printed for James Nisbet, 1825. 32mo; [2], xxiv, 129pp. plus ads. With a fore-edge painting of Highgate village outside of London.

THE BOOK OF COMMON PRAYER, AND ADMINISTRATION OF THE SACRAMENTS, AND OTHER RITES AND CEREMONIES OF THE CHURCH... [Bound together with] THE WHOLE BOOK OF PSALMS, COLLECTED INTO ENGLISH METRE... [and] A NEW VERSION OF THE PSALMS OF DAVID FITTED TO THE TUNES USED IN CHURCHES. Halifax: Holden and Dowson, 1808. 8vo; unpaginated. With a fore-edge painting of St. Mary Woolnoth and surrounding buildings in London.

James Beattie. THE MINSTREL; OR, THE PROGRESS OF GENIUS: AND OTHER POEMS. London: Printed for John Sharpe, 1817. Illustrated with engravings from the designs of Richard Westall, and with additional vignette title page dated 1816. 12mo; 176pp. With a fore-edge painting of the town of Tonbridge, Kent, England.

Largest 8 1/4 x 5 1/2 in.; Smallest 4 1/4 x 2 3/4 in.

A Private High Point, North Carolina Collection

All sturdy with some wear to boards such as light scuffing, bumped corners, and rubbed joints and spine ends; occasional hinge cracking, light foxing, infrequent grime, and minor staining from the fore-edge painting, with pages overall quite clean; two with 19th-century inscription on front free endpaper; The Book of Common Prayer with some heavier wear to boards, spine, and interior, including more fragile hinges, toning, heavier foxing, and one free endpaper worn and slightly loose. Condition varies good to very good, with all three fore-edge paintings bright and detailed.