细节
FORE-EDGE PAINTING. SOMERVILLE, William. The Chase, a Poem. London: by W. Bulmer and Co., 1796
4° (294 x 230mm.), 13 woodcut illustrations by THOMAS BEWICK, including title and 4 sub-title vignettes. Contemporary red straight-grained morocco, sides with gilt ruled borders and small floral cornerpieces, spine ruled in gilt in 6 compartments with double raised bands, g.e., with a painting of a fox hunting scene with four huntsmen and hounds in a landscape beneath the gilt on the fore-edges. Engraved bookplate with monogram surmounted by an Earl's coronet.
LARGE PAPER COPY of the first edition with illustrations by Bewick
4° (294 x 230mm.), 13 woodcut illustrations by THOMAS BEWICK, including title and 4 sub-title vignettes. Contemporary red straight-grained morocco, sides with gilt ruled borders and small floral cornerpieces, spine ruled in gilt in 6 compartments with double raised bands, g.e., with a painting of a fox hunting scene with four huntsmen and hounds in a landscape beneath the gilt on the fore-edges. Engraved bookplate with monogram surmounted by an Earl's coronet.
LARGE PAPER COPY of the first edition with illustrations by Bewick