The Seasons

by Fore-Edge Painting, James Thomson

$8,500 · Offered by Whitmore Rare Books

Edinburgh: James Ballantyne, 1809. Twelvemo 6 3/8 x 3 3/4 inches; 163 x 95 mm. . iv , i -xxii, 2, contents, verso blank , 1 -262 pp. Including engraved vignette title. Bound ca. 1809 in the style of or possibly by Taylor & Hessey. Full green straight-grain morocco, covers elaborately bordered in gilt with gilt floral pieces. Spine with three wide raised bands, decoratively tooled in gilt in compartments and lettered in gilt

• Binding: Leather

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