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[Fore-Edge Painting].

The Book of Common Prayer.

Oxford, Samuel Collingwood, 1823.,

1200,00 €

Inlibris Antiquariat

(Wien, Autriche)

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Détails

Auteur
[Fore-Edge Painting].
Éditeurs
Oxford, Samuel Collingwood, 1823.
Thème
Literature prior to 1880
Langues
Anglais

Description

12mo. (424) pp. Contemporary full black calf with giltstamped covers, spine, and spine-title. Embossed iron clasp. Moir e flyleaves. Fore-edge painting. All edges gilt. Attractive miniature Book of Common Prayer decorated with a delicate fore-edge painting and bound in sumptuous full black calf. Anonymously prepared, the fore-edge painting depicts a view of Durham Cathedral and Prebends Bridge across the River Wear. - Both the front and the rear flyleaf are made of red moir e with gilt borders. Binding and pastedowns are lavishly gilt, featuring floral, geometrical and abstract ornaments, as well as an iron clasp embossed with oak leaves and acorns. - Extremities slightly rubbed. Second flyleaf detached, but present. Small bookplate of Estelle Doheny to flyleaf. - Doheny III, 671 (this copy).