THE PROGRESS OF SOCIETY

by Fore-Edge Paintings, Robert Hamilton

$750 · Offered by Phillip J. Pirages

First edition

London: John Murray, 1830 . 220 x 130 mm. 8 5/8 x 5 1/8 . 2 p.l., ii, v-xix 1 , 411, 1 pp. FIRST EDITION. Agreeable contemporary black morocco, covers with an elaborate border in gilt and blind of numerous straight and decorative rules and scrolling foliate cornerpieces, raised bands, gilt in compartments with a central ornament in blind, turn-ins tooled in gilt, all edges gilt.

• Binding: Leather

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