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FORE-EDGE PAINTINGS -- BIBLE. The Holy Bible, containing the Old and New Testaments. Edinburgh: Sir D. Hunter Blair and J. Bruce, 1813. Bound in 2 volumes, 8°. (Occasional very light browning). Contemporary red straight-grained morocco, gilt spines, narrow gilt border round sides, gilt turn-ins, gilt edges. Fore-edge paintings of 2 attractive views of London from the Thames.
BIBLE. The Holy Bible. Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1815. (Light stain in first few leaves). Contemporary green straight-grained morocco, gilt spine, wide ornate border round sides, gilt edges (some extremities a little rubbed). Provenance: Mrs Mack, 1816 (in gilt on the upper cover) - Fanny Desnoys (given to her by Mrs Mack). Fore-edge painting depicting Westminster Abbey and St Margaret's.
And another volume with a fore-edge painting depicting a river scene on the Thames. (4)
BIBLE. The Holy Bible. Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1815. (Light stain in first few leaves). Contemporary green straight-grained morocco, gilt spine, wide ornate border round sides, gilt edges (some extremities a little rubbed). Provenance: Mrs Mack, 1816 (in gilt on the upper cover) - Fanny Desnoys (given to her by Mrs Mack). Fore-edge painting depicting Westminster Abbey and St Margaret's.
And another volume with a fore-edge painting depicting a river scene on the Thames. (4)
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