FORE-EDGE PAINTINGS -- The Holy Bible, Cambridge: J. Archdeacon, 1773. 2 volumes, 8°, contemporary Etruscan panelled tree calf gilt by or in the style of Edwards of Halifax, gilt edges (hinges lightly rubbed, slight worm damage at top of upper cover of volume I). FORE-EDGE PAINTINGS, in volume I a view of Eton College from across the Thames, in volume II a view of Fountains Abbey and Studley Park. Provenance: J. E. (a description of the fore-edge paintings at the beginning of each volume, dated 'Halifax November 26th 1807'); Sir Joshua Colles Meredyth (book-label). (2)