Fore-Edge painting.- Pindar (Peter) The Works, 1 vol. (of 3), 1794; and others, poetry, with fore-edge paintings. (4)

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Fore-Edge painting.- Pindar (Peter) The Works, 1 vol. only (of 3), engraved portrait frontispiece, tissue guard (both heavily foxed), light foxing throughout, hinges starting to crack, contemporary morocco, spine and corners rubbed, g.e., fore-edge painting beneath the gilt of two fisherman on the banks of a river below a bridge, John Walker, 1794 Procter (Adelaide Anne), Legends and Lyrics. A Book of Verses, ink inscription to front free endpaper dated 1860, blind-stamp of Victor A. Harris, light occasional damp staining, losses and browning to front free endpaper, rear hinge starting to crack, contemporary morocco, rubbed, upper cover and spine detached from text block, g.e., fore-edge painting beneath the gilt of Fleet Street, London, Bell and Daldy, 1860; and two others, poetry, including Burns and Callimachus, with fore-edge paintings, 8vo (4)

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