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[FORE–EDGE PAINTING]. –– [TAYLOR AND HESSEY]. CLARE, John (1793–1864). Poems Descriptive of Rural Life and Scenery. London: for Taylor and Hessey; and E. Drury, 1821.
8vo (165 x 102 mm). Contemporary straight–grain morocco with gilt fillets and rococo style enantiomorphs gilt, spine in 4 compartments with 3 raised bands, gilt–lettering and palmettes in compartments, all edges, concealing a DOUBLE FORE–EDGE PAINTING of Helpstone Parish Church and Peterborough from Burghley Park, BLINDSTAMP–SIGNED ON FRONT FLYLEAF BY TAYLOR AND HESSEY (light rubbing along joints). Provenance: John Hadmar Sticht (bookplate), a bibliophile; Saint Mary–of–the–Woods College Library (bookplate and embossed stamp on title–page); Susanna Anbert (signature).
An interesting association copy between publisher John Taylor and the author John Clare. “In 1819, through his cousin Edward Drury, a bookseller in Stamford, he was introduced to John Clare of Helpston in Northamptonshire. He polished Clare’s grammar and spelling for publication” (Royal Academy).