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Sat, Sep 14, 2019 09:00AM EDT
Lot 1308

Group of Fore-Edge Painting Books

Estimate: $600 - $900

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four titles, Montagu's Selections, by Basil Montagu, London: Pickering, 1839, fore-edge fly fishing scene; History of Gustavus Adophus, by Benjamin Chapman, London: Longmans, 1856, fore-edge attributed Stockholm view; Longfellow's Poetical Works, by Henry Longfellow, London: Routledge, 1879, fore-edge attributed State Street, Boston view; Tupper's Proverbial Philosophy, by Martin Tupper, London: Hatchard, 1853, fore-edge attributed Hampstead Heath view, inscribed "Helen (indecipherable) 2 June, 1854" Provenance: Private Collection, Atlanta, Georgia

Condition

overall foxing, rubbing, loss to gilt, ex libris bookplates, staining, period and later inscriptions, fading to cover (especially on Gustavus Adolphus), flyleaf separated but present (Longfellow)

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