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[FORE–EDGE PAINTINGS]. A group of 4 works each concealing fore–edge paintings, comprising:
Select Poetry. London: L.B. Seeley and Sons, 1825. 32mo. Full contemporary black morocco gilt, all edges gilt, concealing a fore–edge painting of a sailboat on a lake (rebacked preserving original spine). –– Select Poetry. London: R.B. Seeley and W. Burnside; L.B. Seeley and Sons, 1830. 32mo. Full contemporary olive morocco gilt, all edges gilt, concealing a fore–edge painting of St. Saviour’s Church in London. –– Remains of Henry Kirke White. Glasgow: printed for Richard Griffin & Co., 1844. 12mo. Engraved portrait frontispiece. Full contemporary black morocco gilt, all edges gilt, concealing a fishing boat on a lake (rebacked preserving original spine, ends a bit worn). –– The Poetical Works of Thomas Gray. London: Bell and Daldy, 1857. 8vo. Full contemporary olive straight–grain morocco gilt, all edges gilt, concealing a fore–edge painting of Eton College (light rubbing at extreme ends). Provenance: Robert Balloch (armorial bookplate).
Together, 4 works in 4 volumes, condition generally very good.