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FORE EDGE PAINTING; RAMAGE binder; RUSKIN John
Sesame and Lilies: Three Lectures
London: George Allen 1900. A Wonderful Inlaid Binding by Ramage<br/>Adorned with a Double-Fore-Edge Painting of St. Paul's Cathedral and The Tower of London<br/><br/>FORE-EDGE PAINTING. RAMAGE binder. RUSKIN John. Sesame and Lillies: Three Lectures. Complete Edition. London: George Allen 1900. <br/><br/>With a superb contemporary 'double' detailed fore-edge painting depicting two fine and colorful views of London Bridge with St. Paul's Cathedral and The Tower of London as viewed from the south side of the River Thames. <br/><br/>Small octavo 7 1/8 x 4 3/4 inches; 181 x121 mm. xxxvi ii blank 1-228 pp. Pages 60-64 partially or wholly printed in red.<br/><br/>Bound ca 1900 by Ramage stamp-signed in gilt on lower front turn-in. Full dark green crushed levant morocco covers elaborately tooled with gilt lilies and inlaid red morocco hearts. Spine with five raised bands similarly decorated with gilt lilies and inlaid red morocco hearts lettered in gilt in compartments. Gilt-ruled board edges elaborate gilt turn-ins cream watered silk liners and end-leaves all edges gilt. Housed in a custom made felt-lined red morocco edged red cloth slipcase. The joints have been expertly and almost invisibly strengthened - still a wonderful example of an inlaid Ramage binding with a double-fore-edge painting.<br/><br/>The fore-edge paintings were most probably executed sometime between 1940 and 1960.<br/><br/>Born in London in 1836 John Ramage served an apprenticeship with John Wright then went to Paris where he was able to work with the distinguished Marcellin Lortic 1822-1892 who opened his shop on the Rue St. Honoré in 1840. In 1860 Ramage purchased the binding business of Alexander Banks Jr. in Edinburgh then returned three years later to London where he was in business at various locations into the 20th century. Though the range designs is broad Ramage bindings are celebrated for their remarkably delicate careful and elaborate gilt work.<br/><br/>John Ruskin 1819-1900 was known for his in-depth analysis of art his championing of J.M.W. Turner and multi-volume works on the subject. More than simply critiquing art Ruskin was keen to take on social issues as well particularly around the topic of domestic life and traditional gender roles. Sesame and Lilies first published in 1865 contains three such lectures: Of King's Treasures Of Queen's Gardens and The Mystery of Life and its Arts. It would become notorious in the late 20th century as a stock example of Victorian male chauvinism. In fact Ruskin was using the conventional construction of the feminine as pacific altruistic and uncompetitive to articulate yet another symbolic assertion of his anticapitalist social model. London: George Allen, 1900 unknown books
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Persian Painting Qajar
Qajar Lovers Gouache Painting with Gold Illuminated Borders
Iran Persian Qajar Lovers gouache painting on paper with gold illuminated border design. The image portrays a young Qajar prince in an elaborate blue and gold coat with an orange and gold karakul cap embracing his lover. The prince holds a glass in one hand while embracing his lover with the other. She with a tiara on her head pearls on her neck and a see-through blouse is wearing a Qajar coat with typical Persian paisley design. The lovers are seated in an embrace at a small table with crystal decanters next to them. This work composition is somewhat similar to the depiction of lovers embrace attributed to Mohammad Sadiq 1770-80 Layla Diba Royal Persian Paintings NY 1998 number 27 pg 156-7. The headgear of the prince confirms this to be from the Qajar epoch rather than the Zand period. Wide margins with floral and animal illumination including deer and monkeys. The illumination work is of a very high and intricate quality. Image size 18.5" x 11." Some browning to the margins minor expert repair not affecting image on verso in margin to fortify them. Overall in very good condition. An exquisite image with more sensibility than most other Qajar paintings. unknown books
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Oil Painting
ORIGINAL BUST PORTRAIT OIL PAINTING OF A YOUNG WOMAN WITH DARK PINNED-UP HAIR A BLUE DRESS WITH EMPIRE WAIST DROP SHOULDERS LARGE PUFFY SLEEVES THIN NETTING AT SHOULDERS AND FOLDED INTO A COLLAR. LIKELY PAINTED BY A PROFESSIONAL PORTRAITIST AT A FORMAL SITTING IN THE MID-19TH CENTURY
Original bust oil portrait 11-1/2" x 14". The canvas is mounted to a 1/2" thick piece of wood held with small nails along the fore-edges. Framed in a later dark brown recessed molded wood frame behind a burnt orange velvet mat with oval opening measuring approximately 9-1/2" x 12". The painting's surface has some usual age cracks and crackling patterns some very small spots where paint has rubbed off along the line of the oval beneath the matting. Very Good. <br/><br/> We can identify neither the subject nor artist. Her dress is of high quality possibly of European design with an empire waist sleeves with large puffs at the top which sit off the shoulders the top line of the dress being a bit demure and cut above the cleavage and nearly straight across with lace trimmed netting leading up to the neckline and ending in a collar. A brooch is placed at the center where the dress material and netting meet. This type of apparel was popular during the early to mid-1800s. unknown books
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FORE EDGE PAINTING; BOOK OF COMMON PRAYER
Book of Common Prayer The
Oxford: Printed at the Clarendon Press by J. Cooke and S. Collingwood 1820. With A Fore-Edge Scene of Oxford<br/><br/>FORE-EDGE PAINTING. CHURCH OF ENGLAND. The Book of Common Prayer And Administration of the Sacraments. And Other Rites and Ceremonies of the Church According to the Use of the United Church of England and Ireland; Together with the Psalter or Psalms of David Pointed as They are to be Sung or Said in Churches; and the Form and Manner of Making Ordaining and Consecrating of Bishops Priests and Deacons. Oxford: Printed at the Clarendon Press by J. Cooke and S. Collingwood 1820.<br/><br/>Bound with <br/><br/>BRADY Nicholas and Nahum Tate. A New Version of the Psalms of David Fitted to Tunes Used in Churches. Oxford: Printed at the Clarendon Press by Samuel Collinwood 1822.<br/><br/>Octavo 8 1/4 x 5 1/8 in; 210 x 130 mm. Unpaginated A-Rr8 Ss4; A-F8. Calendar and tables.<br/><br/>Contemporary full crimson straight-grain morocco with triple fillet border in blind and panel with large gilt corner-pieces of volutes curls and roundels enclosing a central masonic sunburst emblem in gilt with dove and Tetragrammaton to both covers. Heavily gilt tooled compartments and spine head and tail. Gilt rolls to edge corners. Gilt fillets to turn-ins. All edges gilt. With the crimson morocco bookplate of Christ's Church - Middlesex dated 1825. Housed in an early twentieth century red cloth slipcase.<br/><br/>With a splendid early twentieth century fore-edge painting by an unknown hand depicting Folly Bridge and Bacon's Tower at Oxford. <br/><br/>Folly Bridge is a stone bridge over the River Thames carrying the Abingdon Road south from the center of Oxford England. It was erected 1825-27 to designs of a little-known architect Ebenezer Perry died 1850 who practiced in London. The bridge is in two parts separated by an island. The origin of the name is uncertain although it has been suggested that it originated about 1650 after a tenant of Bacon's study. Oxford: Printed at the Clarendon Press by J. Cooke and S. Collingwood, 1820 unknown books
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FORE EDGE PAINTING
Reference Library
"Reference Library" Containing Familiar French Quotations and Proverbs and Familiar Latin Quotations and Proverbs With a Lovely Fore-Edge Painting of Warwick Castle FORE-EDGE PAINTING. Reference Library. Familiar French Quotations and Proverbs. Familiar Latin Quotations and Proverbs. England: Asprey & Co. Ltd. N.d. ca. 1910. Twelvemo. Two volumes bound in one. viii 116 viii 120 pp. Beautifully bound by Asprey in full brown mottled calf double ruled in gilt on covers and decoratively gilt-stamped on spine with a red morocco label gilt-stamped. All edges gilt. Gilt turn-ins. Extremities rubbed outer rear hinge starting but sound. Overall a very good copy of this charming book. With a lovely fore-edge painting illustrating Warwick Castle in the early 1900's HBS 67693. $450 Asprey & Co., Ltd. unknown books
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Fore Edge Painting. Scott Sir Walter
The Poetical Works of Sir Walter Scott Bart. Notes and life of the author included.
London: Charles Daly n.d. Hardcover. Fine condition. Bound in full black pebbled morocco with elaborate stamping on front and back covers in gilt and in blind. Gilt inner dentelles. 564 pp. plus notes and advertisements in the rear. All edges gilt. A striking vertical fore edge painting of a golfer brightly dressed in a red coat and with a hat on his head. He's leaning on his driver while his caddy tees up his ball in the background. Great color great sky and an unusual and delightful work of art. <br/><br/> Charles Daly hardcover books
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Fore Edge Painting. Rogers Samuel.
Poems and Jacqueline a Tale. Two works bound in one volume.
London: T. Cadell and W. Davis 1814. Hardcover. Fine condition. Bound in full green morocco with gilt tooling on front and back cover and on the spine. Gilt inner dentelles. All edges gilt. 240 plus 36 pages. 6 1//5 inches tall. Many vignette wood engravings. With a fore edge painting of a manor scene identified on the front free end paper in pencil as Newsparch Isle of Wight. A beautiful scene with remarkably rich color. <br/><br/> T. Cadell and W. Davis hardcover books
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RIDLEY ELVEY D. wood work and decorative painting
"BLOOK" / AMERICAN FOLK ART. Hand-hewn hand-painted wooden Blook with "secret compartment
Elmira NY or Auburn NY 1900. Wooden blook 4.75 x 6.25". A hand-made wooden box in the shape of a 12mo book with a compartment carved from the interior and lined with blue velvet. In very good condition with a 1" x 3" section of varnish removed on the front board; scattered scratches to the surface that seem to be heavier on the rear board where the box was laid; wear and oxidation to the metallic gold used on the fore edges. AN EXCELLENT WOODEN BOOK WITH A SECRET COMPARTMENT the gift of one male prison guard to another featuring many qualities of American Folk Art. <br/><br/>The term "Blook" was coined by Mindell Dubansky of the Metropolitan Museum of Art; it is the contraction of the words "Book Look" and refers to an everyday object that looks like a book. Our blook is decorated with Tole paintings in green white gold orange and burgundy. The front of the blook has a decorative shield with "To Walter Long 1900" in script within a central cross; the shield is surrounded by wreath of flowers and leaves on a burgundy field with a green border that extends around the spine to the rear cover of the blook. The "spine" has a central green panel bordered in orange and decorated with arabesques in gold with the word "Friendship" in script written on a diagonal. The rear of the blook has a central shield with three horizontal panels with the words "Compliments of Elvey D. Ridley" in script on the first two horizontal panels; the shield is formed by an arabesque border and is superimposed on top of a foliate branch. The edges of the "text block" of the blook are painted metallic gold.<br/><br/>The secret compartment is accessed by sliding the spine of the blook downward and then outward to remove it and the compartment is revealed when a small sliding door on the front "cover" of the blook is pulled toward the spine. <br/><br/>Our blook is a token of friendship between two who worked at the Elmira Reformatory in 1900. Walter Long was a guard and Elvey D. Ridley was a "keeper". Ridley transferred to Auburn Prison to become a guard in 1900. It is likely that Ridley's move to Auburn prompted this gift to his friend. <br/><br/>A unique blook offering between two friends and a scarce instance of early 20th century folk art. <br/><br/>For records of the two men see: State of New York Civil Service Commission. Seventeenth Report of the State Civil Service Commission. March 13 1900 p. 793 and February 28 1901 p. 116 Albany: James B. Lyon State Printer. unknown books
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House Painting
Photographic Snapshot of a Comedic House Painting Party
Black and white snapshot of men and women on ladders in paint-spattered garb having fun painting the side of a house; no date but circa 1940s; approx. 4 1/2" x 3 1/2" size; light wear; very good condition. Very Good. unknown books
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Erotic Fore edge Painting DRURY Henry 1812a1863 editor.
Arundines Cami sive Musarum Cantabrigiensium Lusus Canori atque edidit Henricus Drury.
Cantabrigiae:: J. et J.J. Deighton; Londini: Joh. Gul. Parker 1846. 1846. Two parts in one vol. 8vo. xii 13-335 1 pp. Title & leaves with red borders throughout. Text mostly in Latin and English with some Greek. Original full dark green gilt-stamped morocco raised bands all edges gilt "Bound by Dodd" Cambridge; rubbed. Foxed. Armorial bookplate of Thomas Sebastian Bayley M.A. "Finem Respice". With an erotic fore-edge painting showing a bedroom scene the young man wearing only his shirt lying in bed the nude lady-lover stroking his erect penis and taking some pleasure as his feet play between her legs. Painted for Harrington's London by their house artist ca. 1995. / The text is compiled by Drury with numerous poetic contributions from various sources. Includes "A Song of Sixpence." p. 113. Among the English selections are contributions by Samuel Rogers Gray Burns Shakespeare Tennyson Gammer Gurton unknown Sheridan Byron Andrew Marvel Ben Jonson Cowper Milton Congreve Prior Colton etc. "In 1838 Drury became classical lecturer at Caius but having been ordained he left Cambridge in 1839 to take sole charge of Alderley Gloucestershire a curacy which he exchanged the following year for that of Bromham Wiltshire. Drury together with some friends projected and published the Arundines Cami a collection of translations into Latin and Greek verse by several Cambridge men. The first edition was published in a beautiful form in 1841 and four subsequent editions appeared during Drury's lifetime; a sixth after his death was edited by his son-in-law Mr. H. J. Hodgson in 1865. These successive editions contained several new pieces." Wikipedia. See: "Sudden Death of the Archdeacon of Wilts and Chaplain to the House of Commons" The Times London Tuesday 27 Jan 1863 p. 8. PROVENANCE: Thomas Sebastian Bayley M.A. fl.ca.1855 Lancashire. J. et J.J. Deighton; Londini: Joh. Gul. Parker, 1846. hardcover books
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Erotic Fore edge Painting TENNYSON Alfred Lord 1809 1892.
Collected Works. Becket 1884.
London: 1864-85. 1864. Eight volumes. Small 8vo. Original full dark red gilt-stamped morocco all edges gilt; rubbed. Bookplates of Samuel Bronfman; ownership signature of Edwin Robinson 1864 1872. All volumes with crudely painted erotic scenes on the fore-edges fanned in both directions. EIGHT-VOLUMES WITH EROTIC DOUBLE FORE-EDGE PAINTINGS. INVENTORY: 1 Enoch Arden etc. London: Edward Moxon 1864. Small 8vo. 4 178 pp. Fore-edge painting: 1 Nude couple on a bed she with upstretched arms he with his penis erect approaching his lover. 2 Nude man masturbating. 2 Idylls of the King. A new edition. 1864. Small 8vo. vi 2 261 1 pp. Fore-edge painting: 1 Vertical scene showing the woman kneeling and performing fellatio on the man. 2 Nude man and woman with another copulation position. 3 Poems 1864. Sixteenth edition. Small 8vo. xii 379 1 pp. Fore-edge painting: 1 Copulation position. 2 Back-view of the man and woman enjoying a seated position nude as if watching a sunset probably on the edge of a bed. 4 The Princess a medley. Twelfth edition. with: Maud and other poems. A new edition. London: Edward Moxon 1864. Two volumes in one. Small 8vo. vi 183; viii 168 pp. Fore-edge painting: 1 Nude couple penis erect the lady lying down and relaxing next to him. 2 The nude couple with a copulation scene. 5 The Holy Grail and other poems. London: Strahan 1870. Small 8vo. 6 222 pp. Fore-edge painting: 1 Nude man lying down performing fellatio on the nude women straddling above him. 2 Man nude masturbating. 6 Gareth and Lynette. London: Strahan 1872. Small 8vo. 6 136 pp. Fore-edge painting: 1 Full penetration scene of the man and woman viewing from the man's rear. 2 Man and woman nude where he is performing fellatio on the woman. 7 Becket. London: Macmillan 1884. Small 8vo. 4 213 3 pp. Fore-edge painting: 1 Man & woman in bed nude she manipulates his genitalia. 2 Nude embrace. 8 Tiresias and other poems 1885. Small 8vo. viii 203 1 pp. Fore-edge painting: 1 Nude couple the lady performing fellatio on the man. 2 Another position of the same she with her back to the man manipulating his genitalia. PROVENANCE: Edwin Robinson 1864 – Samuel Bronfman 1889-1971 Canadian businessman. 1864-85. unknown books
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Erotic Fore edge Painting LONGFELLOW Henry Wadsworth 1807 1882.
The Poetical Works Lyrical and Dramatic. With an introductory essay by the Rev. G. Gilfillan. and numerous original illustrations. Seventh edition.
London:: Bickers and Bush 1858. 1858. Small 8vo. xxvi 476 30 pp. Illustrated with steel engravings. Original full tan gilt-ruled calf raised bands spine compartments gilt tooled red leather spine label all edges gilt; rubbed corners worn. Very good. With an erotic fore-edge painting of a man and woman nude in bed etc. Painted for Harrington's London by their house artist ca. 1997. Well painted scene very erotic. The scene is not signed but the origin of being painted is known Bickers and Bush, 1858. hardcover books
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Erotic Fore edge Painting CICERO Marcus Tullius 106 BC 43 BC.
Cicero The Offices. Translated by Cockman and the Cato and Laelius by Melmoth.
London and New York:: George Routledge and Sons n.d. Series: Sir John Lubbock's Hundred Books. Small 8vo. 313 1 pp. Original full gilt-ruled red morocco raised bands gilt spine title and compartments with gilt ruling all ledges gilt; rubbed. Armorial bookplate of Kathleen Millicent Chandos-Pole 1894-1960. With an erotic fore-edge painting showing a scene of a man his penis erect and two women with their rears bare and awaiting his visit in a country field setting a tree to the left set within an oval and the borders imitating the red marbled endleaves. Painted for Harrington's London by their house artist ca. 1994. / Revd. Dr Thomas Cockman Doctor of Divinity 1675–1745 was the translator of this edition sometime Master of University College Oxford. William Melmoth 1665/66–1743 was an English devotional writer and lawyer. George Routledge and Sons, n.d. hardcover books
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Erotic Fore edge Painting FORBERG Friedrich Karl Charles 1770 1848.
Manual of Classical Erotology De figuris Veneris. Literal English version.
Manchester:: Privately Printed for Viscount Julian Smithson and friends 1884. 1884. 8vo. ii xiii 248pp. Rebound by Martin Frost in three-quarter dark crimson morocco raised bands gilt-stamped spine marbled boards with edge tooling in blind all edges gilt. Fine. EROTIC MANUAL WITH DOUBLE FORE-EDGE PAINTING SIGNED BY THE ARTIST. With a wonderfully erotic and playful double fore-edge painting by the master of the discipline Martin Frost painted ca. 1996. Signed by the artist "MF" in the scene. In classical motifs borders and set within an oval frame: Three nude nymphs running to an erect Satyr. On ethe reverse: Three Satyrs one erect approaching a nude nymph. Signed on the lower right of the scene oval. / The text is arranged in two books containing eight chapters: The Metamorphoses of Venus; I: Of Copulation; II: On Pedication; III: Of Irrumation; IV: Of Masturbation; V: Cunnilingues; VI: Of Tribads; VII: On Intercourse with Animals; VIII: Of Spintrian Postures; concluding with an "Enumeration of the Erotic Postures" 90 of them. / Bound by the artist himself Martin Frost newly gilded edges on this privately printed edition of 100 copies: "None of these copies are for sale." / "De figuris Veneris On the figures of Venus is an anthology of ancient Greek and ancient Roman writings on erotic topics discussed objectively and classified and grouped by subject matter. It was first published by the German classicist Friedrich Karl Forberg in 1824 in Latin and Greek as a commentary to Antonio Beccadelli's 1394-1471 Hermaphroditus commonly referred to as Antonii Panormitae Hermaphroditus an erotic poem sequence of 1425 in renaissance Latin though it was later also published as a separate work." / "Forberg's work was later also translated into English in 1899 and published by Charles Carrington as De figuris Veneris Manual of classical erotology and again in 1907 by Charles Hirsch and into French German and Spanish. The French edition by Alcide Bonneau was titled Manuel d’érotologie classique. One French edition of 1906 was illustrated by Édouard-Henri Avril which concludes with a list of 95 sexual positions. Most of the editions were restricted to high society or censored; one of the copies edited in France was immediately deposited on the secret shelves of the Bibliothèque nationale de France. The Spanish translation was titled Manual de erótica clásica." Wikipedia. Privately Printed for Viscount Julian Smithson, and friends, 1884. hardcover books
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Erotic Fore edge Painting MASSON Gustave 1819 1888.
La Lyre Française.
London & New York:: Macmillan 1903. 1903. Small 8vo. xxviii 459 1 pp. Half-title title vignette showing the author indexes glossary. Original olive-green calf raised bands spine with five fleurs-de-lis all edges gilt bound by Bumpus Oxford; rubbed. The inner dentelle shows the initials I.H. owner's initials. With an erotic fore-edge painting set within a styled wooden frame an austere bedroom the bed being about the only element a man and a woman both partly dressed. He is lying on the bed and propped up by two pillows the lady with her back facing him straddling his loins. Painted for Harrington's London by their house artist ca. 1995. PROVENANCE: I.H. unknown. Macmillan, 1903. hardcover books
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Erotic Fore edge Painting ELLIS Sarah Stickney 1799 1872.
The Daughters of England their position in society character & responsibilities.
London & Paris:: Fisher Son & co. no date ca.1842. 1842. Small 8vo. 8 400 12 pp. Engraved frontispiece ads. Original full black gilt-stamped morocco spine with compartments and gilt title all edges gilt; rubbed. Very good. With an erotic fore-edge painting showing a nude lesbian couple lying on a chaise lounge and enjoying each other. The scene is framed within an ochre border a bluish-green wallpaper panel on either side itself framed in ochre a bureau partly displayed on the left a circular window or mirror on the left. Painted for Harrington's London by their house artist ca. 1994. Fisher, Son, & co., [no date, ca.1842]. unknown books
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Erotic Fore edge Painting MILTON John 1608 1674.
The Poetical Works of John Milton. Edited after the original texts by the Rev. H. C. Beeching.
Oxford:: Clarendon Press 1900. 1900. 8vo. xiii 3 554 2 pp. Frontispiece facsimile of Milton's handwriting. Original red calf all edges gilt; professionally rebacked to match in red calf raised bands gilt title "FOREDGE PAINTING" stamped at foot of spine; rubbed some scuffing spine is fresh. Prize bookplate of St. Paul's Girls' School gained by Burella Taylor July 1909 Frances R. Gray Head Mistress. Very good. With an erotic fore-edge painting set within a wide ochre border corner florets in black the scene depicting a mostly nude woman reclined in her bed fingering her vagina holding on the other hand a dildo. Another woman is entering the chamber. On the left side of the frame is a bureau with a mirror and a goblet. The lady in bed is watching herself masturbating in the mirror. Painted for Harrington's London by their house artist ca. 1994. Harrington's commissioned the binding repair adding the new spine and the words "FOREDGE PAINTING" at the foot of the spine. Clarendon Press, 1900. hardcover books
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Erotic Fore edge Painting HEMANS Mrs. Felicia 1793 1835.
The Poetical Works of Mrs. F. Hemans. With Memoir.
London & Edinburgh:: Gall & Inglis no date ca.1870-1890. 1870. Small 8vo. xxiv 584 pp. Engraved frontispiece and half-title steel engraved plates pages printed with red rules. Original full dark brown morocco blind rules and gilt initials on upper on upper "CE" EC raised bands gilt title all edges gilt. Very good. With a well-painted erotic fore-edge painting the curtain opened for a revealing view of a mature man lying on his back his penis erect the mature woman holding it and placing the number in her vagina she showing her back side and ready to straddle his loins. The background shows an interior with large columns. Painted for Harrington's London by their house artist ca. 1997. Gall & Inglis, [no date, ca.1870-1890]. hardcover books
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Erotic Fore edge Painting SCOTT Sir Walter 1771 1832.
The Poetical Works of Sir Walter Scott baronet. With a biographical and critical memoir.
London & New York:: Macmillan 1902. 1902. Small 8vo. xliii 1 559 1 pp. Original full maroon blind- and gilt-stamped morocco covers stamped: "Mens Sana In Corpresano Summer Fields" "A healthy mind in a healthy body" all edges gilt. Some light foxing. Inscribed by early owners "Middle 3rd --- Prize Christmas 1902 G.R. Westmacott. Very good copy. The erotic fore-edge painting on the edges is vertical showing an interior of a room with a man and thick-thighed woman locked in their intercourse this penis addressing her lily white buxom thighs one leg lifted up to his waist and standing on the other foot her position being quite agile. She wears a bonnet her skirt brushed to the side her arms clinging to him. He retains his cap coat and boots his pants dropped to his knees. Painted for Harrington's London by their house artist ca. 1995. PROVENANCE: Lieutenant G R Westmacott. WWI Unit: Grenadier Guards. Received this book as a prize in 1902. Macmillan, 1902. unknown books
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Fore edge Painting HOOD Thomas 1799 1845.
Whims and Oddities in Prose and Verse; with eighty-seven original designs. A new edition.
London:: Edward Moxon 1860. 1860. Small 8vo. viii 310 pp. Original full reddish-brown blind-stamped morocco with gilt spine title all edges gilt; slightly rubbed. The added thumb-holed brown cloth slip-case is made by Frost at the time of his painting. Very good. DOUBLE FORE-EDGE PAINTING WITH EROTIC SCENES SIGNED BY THE ARTIST: With a double fore-edge painting showing bawdy "and athletic" erotic scenes painted by Martin Frost signed with both his initials and containing his handwritten colophon at rear dated 1999. Frost has painted two side-by-side fore-edges giving four vignettes in all: "Four scenes of athletic and ingenious lust" The first side shows a copulating man and woman on either a horse or on a carriage drawn by a horse after Thomas Rowlandson's works. Frost's initials are found on the lower right of this side. The reverse side shows two vertical vignettes depicting coitus on a bike rather an imaginary wheeled chair with parasol note the erect penis statue in the background and a stage scene with a partially nude woman lifting her skirt high to give a view of her genitals and a happy pot-bellied man with a huge erect penis that balances a bowl and 3 goblets he is talented! his costume of the British stage his genitals showing as if being the star of the show. An audience whoops it up in the gallies. Both characters sportingly wear a feather in their hair or cap. Edward Moxon, 1860. hardcover books
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Fore edge Painting Manuscript sketch book Joseph Riedl publisher.
Erinnerungsblatter der Freundschaft.
Vienna:: Joseph Riedl ca.1828. "Reminders of friendship" is a guest book for collecting manuscript memories. 1828. Oblong small 8vo. 56 leaves. Sketch-book largely with blank leaves: Title-page wood engraving verse leaf and following are 3 ink drawings: I dog; II bucolic scene with base of ruins 7 leaves of manuscript verses or notes written in German verse with penned name of Fr. Gelner 1829; III bucolic scene with a nude figure and what appears to be either an odd monument or a cooking structure or an odd chemical processor dated 1815. One of the leaves of verse has the penned name of Therese Koppa another shows the name of Bern Koppa. Original full elaborately gilt-stamped maroon morocco all edges gilt marbled endleaves. A handsome sketch book or memory book. From the library of Phoebe Jane Easton. Very good. PANORAMIC FORE-EDGE PAINTING BY 'STEVENS' – ON THIS MANUSCRIPT ALBUM. When fanning the edges of this little book one sees the hidden PANORAMIC watercolor painting applied ca. 1950s by "Stevens" the prolific post WWII British fore-edge painter. In this case his painting is applied to a charming memory or friendship album. See: L. Jeff Weber Annotated Dictionary of Fore-edge Painting Artist & Binders pp. 244-246. Joseph Riedl, ca.1828. ["Reminders of friendship" is a guest book for collecting manuscript memories]. unknown books
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Fore edge Painting FIRTH William 1767/8 1838?; BATHURST Henry 1744 1837.
A Letter to the Right Rev. Henry Bathurst D.D. Lord Bishop of Norwich: on the tendency of some of his public opinions and the benefits likely to accrue to the establishment in Church and State by the Repeal of all the Disabling Statutes Against Roman.
London:: Printed by Law and Gilbert for F.C. and J. Rivington 1813. 1813. 8vo. vii 1 113 1 pp. INTERLEAVED COPY with manuscript 8 pages long of two copied letters from Henry Bathurst the Lord Bishop of Norwich to William Firth 1813 followed by a reply from Firth also copied in a very neat and easy hand to read. Later full calf gilt-stamped border raised bands dual spine labels one black the other faded all edges gilt; rubbed. Bookplate of Edward Thomas King. Very good. With a fore-edge painting of Arno River Florence. Nicely painted. For Henry Bathurst see DNB 1885-1900 Volume 3. PROVENANCE: Pacific Book Auction Galleries Sale 255 2003 Lot 142. kmw Printed by Law and Gilbert, for F.C. and J. Rivington, 1813. hardcover books
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Fore edge Painting LONGFELLOW Henry Wadsworth 1807 1882.
The Poetical Works of Henry Wadsworth Longfellow. Illustrated with one hundred and eighty designs by Sir John Gilbert R.A. engraved by the brothers Dalziel. Author's edition.
London:: George Routledge & Sons 1877. 1877. 8vo. iv 644 pp. Endleaves are foxed otherwise internally clean. Original full red crushed blind- and gilt-stamped morocco all edges gilt BOUND BY RAMAGE London. The binding is signed by the binder on the front lower dentelle. Very good. WITH A "SPLIT-DOUBLE" FORE-EDGE PAINTING OF BUFFALO HUNTING SCENES AFTER GEORGE CATLIN SHOWING AN AMERICAN INDIAN ON HORSEBACK HUNTING A BUFFALO; THE SECOND SCENE SIMILAR COULD BY AFTER CATLIN AS WELL THIS TIME WITH 3 MEN ON HORSEBACK RIFLES IN HAND ATTACKING A BUFFALO/BISON THAT IS ALSO HARMING THEM. The scenes are painted by Don Noble not signed as usual. This copy appears to have passed through Harrington's ca.1990-3. PROVENANCE: Calling card of George Booth Beamsley Hall Bolton Abbey Yorkshire inscribed to Miss. H. M. Coutin cousin 1933. kmw George Routledge & Sons, 1877. unknown books
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Fore edge Painting MACAULAY Thomas Babington Lord 1800 1859.
Critical and Historical Essays; contributed to the Edinburgh Review. A new edition.
London:: Longmans Green Reader and Dyer 1883. 1883. Small 8vo. vi 2 855 1 pp. Original full blind- and gilt-stamped maroon morocco all edges gilt. Student's prize from King's College London to C. F. Felix Sladz inscribed by C. W. Browne M.A. 1891 as recognition for being "Headmaster's Monitor". Additionally signed Felix Sladz. With a handsomely painted fore-edge painting "after Rowlandson" of a landscape a somewhat rural scene showing a fishing at a river with 2 or 3 domiciles in the background. Well-painted for Harrington's late 1990s. kmw Longmans, Green, Reader, and Dyer, 1883. unknown books
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Fore edge Painting MILTON John; James THOMSON; Edward YOUNG.
The Poetical Works of John Milton James Thomson and Edward Young. Edited by the Revd. H. F. Cary. With a biographical notice of each author.
London:: William Smith 1841. 1841. 8vo. xviii 236 pp. Engraved half-title; occasional light foxing. Original deep purple blind- and gilt-stamped morocco all edges gilt. Bookplate of Olive Virginia Goodwin. With a fore-edge painting of Thomson Cottage James Thomson's home and Kew Foot Lane Richmond painted ca 1920-30s by the "Dover" artist probably working for Marks & Company London. PROVENANCE: Olive Virginia Goodwin related to Los Angeles urologist Willard Elmer Goodwin MD his mother 1915-1998. Willard Goodwin 1882-1967 the father of W.E.G. married Olive Virginia Belt thus related to Elmer Belt 1893-1980. kmw William Smith, 1841. unknown books
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Fore edge Painting ROGERS Samuel 1863 1855.
Italy a Poem.
London:: Edward Moxon 1842. 1842. 8vo. vii 320 pp. Numerous engraved illus.; lacking frontispiece portrait. Original full maroon blind- and gilt-stamped morocco raised bands gilt compartments all edges gilt. Bookplate of Oscar Ehrhardt Lancaster fore-edge painting collector. With a fore-edge painting of "Sadler's Wells Theater" London ca.1813 after Thomas Hosmer Shepherd 1792-1864; engraved by J. Garner 1830. This is a "modern" painting 20th century. Edward Moxon, 1842. hardcover books
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Fore edge Painting ROGERS Samuel 1863 1855.
Poems.
London:: Printed for T. Cadell; and E. Moxon 1834. 1834. 8vo. vii 284 pp. Engravings throughout. Bound ca. 1890/1905 in full olive brown crushed morocco gilt corner decorations dentelles a.e.g. marbled endleaves. Bookplates of Alfred Trapnell and Oscar Ehrhardt Lancaster both owned fore-edge paintings. Very good. With a vertical fore-edge painting of a large urn or vase with a plant. The painting is not signed or dated. PROVENANCE: Alfred Trapnell bookplate his library sold in NY ca. 1910 "998" label. The fore-edge was painted before Trapnell bought the book as there was another ROGERS in the Phoebe Jane Easton collection that was a clear companion to this volume also with Trapnell's bookplate. Alfred Trapnell was a famous collector of porcelains. kmw Printed for T. Cadell; and E. Moxon, 1834. unknown books
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Fore edge Painting THOMSON James 1700 1748.
The Seasons and Castle of Indolence.
London:: William Pickering 1830. 1830. Small 8vo. cxxviii 292 pp. Frontis. portrait printer's device on title 5 chapter headings glossary. Original full dark green gilt-stamped morocco all edges gilt raised bands spine title and compartments bound by J. CARRS & CO. Glasgow. With a modern fore-edge painting of Kylemore Abbey County Galway. kmw William Pickering, 1830. hardcover books
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Fore edge Painting BIBLE 1849.
The Holy Bible containing the Old and New Testaments … Bound with: The Psalms of David in metre 1843. 2 volumes.
London:: Printed by George E. Eyre and William Spottiswoode 1849. 1849. 2 volumes. 8vo. Psalms bound into each volume rear: 295 1 pp. Later full dark maroon blind- and gilt-stamped morocco all edges gilt decorative endleaves. Fine. With four fore-edge paintings found on these two volumes each painted as a split-double fore-edge painted scenes. THE BIBLICAL SCENES shown are: Moses and the parting of the Red Sea; Noah's ark shown with the animals assembling to enter the vessel; Baby Jesus with Mary two men two horses with an angel facing the baby in the center; the crucifixion march with Jesus bearing the weight of his cross. These scenes painted for Harrington's of London ca. 1998. kMW Printed by George E. Eyre and William Spottiswoode, 1849. unknown books
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Fore edge Painting Bible 1821.
The Holy Bible.
Oxford:: Samuel Collingwood 1821. 1821. Thick 8vo. 1039 1 pp. All but a few leaves printed in two columns. Original full gilt-stamped red straight grain morocco lavender endleaves; rebacked preserving original spine. Early ownership inscription. With a fore-edge painting of Canterbury painted by 'Stevens' ca. 1945-1960. kMW Samuel Collingwood, 1821. unknown books
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Fore edge Painting PORTA Petro Dominico Rosio de Peter Dominic Rosi da Porta.
Historia Reformationis Ecclesiarum Raeticarum: Ex Genuinis Fontibus et Adhuc Maximam Partem Numquam Impressis Sine Partium Studio Deducta . . .
Curiae Raetorum et Lindaviae:: Jacobi Otto 1772-77. 1772. 2 volumes 3 parts. Small 4to. 60 261 1 658 20; x 668 16 pp. Engraved folding copper-plate facing II p. 657 incl. "Representation du Beau Bourg de Plours ou Plrurs en Grissons et de sa Ruine Terrible arrive en 1618" index. Original full mottled-calf raised bands elaborately gilt-stamped compartments red gilt-stamped spine labels THIS COPY BEING SPECIAL FOR ITS EDGES ARE EMBELLISHED IN A DELUXE FORM FOR A WEALTHY PATRON BEING ALL EDGES GILT ORNATELY GAUFFERED WITH EACH SIDE SHOWING A WIDE OVAL NON-GILT PART OF THE EDGE AND IN ITS PLACE IS AN ITALIAN-STYLE PASTE-PAPER MARBLING EMBELLISHING ALL SIX EDGES THE TWO VOLUMES; vol. II joints partly cracked corners showing both vols. Generally a very good set. "The Historia Reformationis Raeticarum Ecclesiarum by R. a Porta has furnished me with a number of important facts respecting Italian refugees." – Thomas M'Crie History of the progress and suppression of the Reformation in Italy in the 16th century Edinburgh 1827. WITH TWO FORE-EDGE PAINTINGS ADDED TO THE VOLUMES PAINTED BY "STEVENS" OF SALISBURY CATHEDRAL AND WORCESTER CATHEDRAL. See: Quaritch A General Catalogue of Books: Offered to the Public at the Affixed Prices London 1874 p. 148 item 1280. Mentions that the plates are "scarce". Noting further that volume I was also printed in 1771 Impensis Societatis Typographicae. kMW Jacobi Otto, 1772-77. hardcover books
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Fore edge painting HOWITT William 1792 1879.
Manuscript MS. Select Extracts MDCCCXXXIII. E.C.S. from The Book of The Seasons.
England: 1833. 1833. 8vo. vi 475 iii pp. 9 decorative end pieces or illustrations a few of the illustrations are labelled: ". . . near Vienne" "Mont Blanc" "Roche Don at Avignon.". Original full burgundy morocco single gilt ruled covers raised bands gilt-spine "M.S."; heavily rubbed spine joint torn or weak. Good. With fore edge painting by the "Dover" painter Marks & Co. ca. 1928 entitled "Summer" clearly this artist's handwriting depicting two men and one woman harvesting hay in the countryside two lovers are walking arm and arm in period costume. Delicately painted. "In 1831 William Howitt produced a work resulting naturally from his habits of observation and his genuine love of nature. It was a history of the changes in the face of the outside world in the different months of the year and was entitled The Book of the Seasons or the Calendar of Nature 1831." Of this work William Hone writes ". . . it is a volume of delight to lovers of nature . . . " – see: Hone The Year Book of Daily Recreation & Information: Concerning Remarkable Men . . . London 1832. The most striking element of this unusual book is that it is written entirely in manuscript from cover to cover with an extremely neat hand. There is no indication who wrote the beautiful calligraphy for this volume which is dedicated by the author to Mrs. J.E. Carr. 1833. hardcover books
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The Book of Common Prayer and Administration of the Sacraments.
Oxford:: University Press 1853 1852. 1853. 12 cm. unpaginated. Original full chocolate brown blind- and gilt-stamped morocco all edges gilt with fore-edges protected by brass-edging and clasp verso of clasp states "DOWNES". Ownership inscriptions of J.C. McMullen to Stanley Herbert McMullen 1854 . . . and with love to Charles T. McMullen Xmas 1898 both predating the painting. Very good. With a fore-edge painting of a single full-bloomed rose with three buds surrounding 3 leaves and a spray of blue dots. There is no background. The painting is 20th century. / Bound together with N. Brady & N. Tate A NEW VERSION OF THE PSALMS OF DAVID fitted to the tunes used in Churches. Oxford 1852. University Press, 1853, 1852. unknown books
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Fore edge Painting GILFILLAN Rev. George 1813 1878.
The Poetical Works of Beattie Blair and Falconer. With lives critical dissertations and explanatory notes. . .
Edinburgh:: James Nichol 1854. 1854. 8vo. xxiv 298 pp. Half-title. Original full elaborately blind-stamped dark brown morocco gilt spine title all edges gilt. Near fine. Exquisitely made fore-edge painting of Holyrood House Edinburgh painted by Margaret Costa U.K. kMW James Nichol, 1854. unknown books
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Fore edge Painting. Signed Miss C. B. CURRIE CHARNWOOD Godfrey Benson 1st Baron Lord 1864 1945.
Abraham Lincoln.
London:: Constable & Company Ltd. 1916. 1916. Series: Makers of the nineteenth century edited by Basil Williams. Crown 8vo. viii 479 1 pp. Frontispiece portrait of Abraham Lincoln at Springfield index large folding map. Specially bound for Sotheran by Riviere & Son in full black gilt-stamped morocco all edges gilt; neatly rebacked preserving the original spine. Preserved with the original chemise and cloth slipcase with gilt-stamped calf spine label: "ABRAHAM LINCOLN - LORD CHARNWOOD - 1916 - FORE-EDGE PAINTING". This is also a very rare specimen with the original chemise and box extant. Provenance: ownership names of R. Joseph Rich Margaret Rich Carr; Joseph Sampsell Carr. Fine. WITH A FORE-EDGE PAINTING BY MS. C. B. CURRIE showing "a view of Harper's Ferry W. Virginia." "This is No. 145 of the Books with Fore-edge Paintings by Miss Currie. . . " Painted ca. 1928/9. See: Weber p. 341 #145 was previously unknown. Currie painted a scene of Harper's Ferry on the Life of John Brown See Weber A8 p. 348. SIGNED IN INK AT FOOT OF LIMITATION PAGE BY C. B. CURRIE. / In all about 172 Currie fore-edge painting were painted. Each is numbered in consecutive order with her known active period of painting fore-edges from c.1909/10-1929/33. All Currie fore-edge paintings are rare. / Miss Caroline Billin Curry aka "Miss. C.B. Currie" 1849-1940 was famous for painting both ivory miniatures and on fore-edge paintings exclusively for Sotheran's and strictly on Riviere bindings. Currie is important as being the only known artist to have signed all her work and numbered the pieces. She was highly touted in her lifetime as an artist who was singled-out for her skill and exquisite artistry that she thereby became the first artist so-named by Sotheran prominently in their catalogue series. Indeed she was a close associate and friend of the shop manager Mr. John Harrison Stonehouse and his wife Currie was named in their will. Even despite her prominence Currie's correct full name was a mystery until very recently. See Weber. This particular specimen was 1 previously unknown to myself 2 preserved the most-frequently missing chemise and 3 a clear provenance to this copy is noted the only one so located by myself. / PROVENANCE: Oddly this is the first known Currie fore-edge painting with provenance that is understood to be after the painting of the Harper's Ferry scene. The importance of that is the relationship of the ownership of a book to the date of the painting or otherwise owning a book before a fore-edge painting is applied to the book. In this case the ownership is surely after the work of Currie. Three persons' names are found in the volume: Joseph Sampsell Carr may have lived in Chicago Illinois. Margaret Rich Carr may have been Margaret Lee Smith Rich Carr 1917-1981 buried in Lubbock Lubbock County Texas. R. Joseph Rich may have been associated with Jefferson Medical College Hospital Philadelphia. REFERENCE: Jeff Weber Annotated Dictionary of Fore-edge Painting & Binders 2010. JWRB Constable & Company, Ltd., 1916. hardcover books
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Fore edge Painting HEATH Charles 1785 1848.
Annual HEATH'S BOOK OF BEAUTY. M.DCCC.XXXIII. With nineteen beautifully finished engravings from drawings by the first artists. By L.E.L.
London:: Longman Rees Orme Brown Green and Longman 1833. 1833. Small 8vo. 264 pp. Engraved half-title 19 engraved plates. Original full dark green blind- and gilt-stamped morocco a.e.g.; neatly rebacked preserving original endleaves; rubbed. Early ownership signature on title of - Baldwin; bookseller's label of G.A. Poynder Reading. From the collection of Phoebe Jane Easton. Very good. WITH A FORE_EDGE PAINTING of an English countryside scene showing two monuments including a cathedral by "Stevens" a painter who worked after WWII and was very prolific. Edited by Letitia Elizabeth Landon 1802-1838. Fore-edge painting PROVENANCE: Yale & Brown Booksellers Pasadena CA with their dated invoice of September 15 1962 – W.R. Moran La Cañada purchased 16 July 1962 with fore-edge painting named on the receipt – gifted to William "Bill" & Phoebe Jane Easton in 1962. The important aspect of this provenance is that within it is a proof that this book was painted on before July 1962. Bill Easton ca.1916-1996 paleontologist was a professor of geological sciences at USC specializing in fossil corals. "Dr. Easton was an outstanding gentleman in the truest sense of the word" said paleobiologist David J. Bottjer. Longman, Rees, Orme, Brown, Green, and Longman, 1833. unknown books
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Fore Edge Painting THACKERAY William M. 1811 1863.
The four Georges.
London:: Smith Elder and Co. 1862. 1862. Half-title: The four Georges: sketches of manners morals court and town life. <br /><br /> Small 8vo. iv 226 2 pp. Original full turquoise blue crushed morocco raised bands all edges gilt by W. M. HOLLOWAY ca.1850-70 London; head and rear joint mended with kozo spine toned. Bookplates of Thomas Clarke Butler-Cole; Alfred C. Howell. Very good. First edition contained within four parts. With a lovely fore-edge painting ca. 1952 of a scene of Windsor Castle. PROVENANCE: Thomas Clarke Butler-Cole 1870-; Alfred C. Howell 1847-1928. See: Hover Caroline F. Aucassin et Nicolette the Alfred C. Howell collection: a bibliography. New York: Hover 1977. Smith, Elder and Co., 1862. hardcover books
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Fore Edge Painting GILPIN William 1724 1804.
Scotland. Observations on several parts of Great Britain particularly the High-Lands of Scotland relative chiefly to picturesque beauty made in the year 1776. 2 volumes.
London:: Printed for T. Cadell and W. Davies 1808. 1808. 2 volumes. Third edition. 8vo. xxviii 221 3; viii 195 1 pp. 40 plates some tined some hand-colored. Bookplate of Courtenay F. Wilson. Bookseller's label of Henry March Gilbert 1846-1931 Southampton. Very good. With a DOUBLE FORE-EDGE PAINTING of Vol. I: Dundee & Montrose Vol. II: Aberdeen & Glamis Castle. Twentieth century paintings. This book is considered by Francis B. Pinion to be a source book for Jane Austen and her stories. "Only from some of the arresting illustrations in this book could Jane have imagined her amusing picture of Lesley Castle. The sensible Augusta of 'Love and Friendship' prevailed upon her father to take her on a tour of Scotland after she had read this book. Jane would have loved to do the same." Pinion A Jane Austen Companion: A Critical Survey and Reference Book p. 161. PROVENANCE: Courtenay Freeman Wilson 1841–1915. Printed for T. Cadell and W. Davies, 1808. unknown books
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Fore edge Painting HORACE Quintus Horatius Flaccus; William BAXTER; Johann Matthias GESNER; Johann Carl ZEUNE; Richard BENTLEY.
Horatii Flacci Eclogæ cum scholiis veteribus. Castigavit et notis illustravit Guilielmus Baxterus: Varias Lectiones et Observationes Addidit Jo. Matthias Gesnerus; quibus et suas adspersit Jo. Carolus Zeunius editio auctior et emendation cum indice verborum copiosissimo.
London:: J. Johnson T. Payne R. Faulder G. Wilkie & J. Robinson . . . 1809. 1809. 8vo. xlviii 787 1 pp. Original full crimson red straight-grain morocco covers elaborately gilt raised bands a.e.g.; rubbed top spine chipped a bit corner shows wear. Bookplate of Bernardine Murphy; title-page ink signature upper margin of John Parr 1815. Very good. With a fore-edge painting by the "Dover" artist showing the Plain and Bay of "Sorrento" drawn by J. D Harding engraved by E. Goodall ca.1832 or 1844 Italy. With the title hand-written by the artist painted ca.1920-30s. PROVENANCE: Bookplate of Bernadine Murphy Donahue 1904-1968 a prominent California Catholic philanthropist who married Daniel Donahue in 1954 and established the Daniel Murphy Foundation in 1957 in memory of her father to promote Roman Catholic causes. "So helpful to the Church was the foundation that Pope John XXIII conferred on Bernardine the title of 'Papal Countess' the only title given to an American during his pontificate. Several years later Pope Paul VI conferred on Daniel the title 'Gentleman of His Holiness' the highest award bestowed on a layman in the Church and the first such Award ever given to an American. The Countess died unexpectedly in 1968" Burks. Burks Lisa. "Bernadine Murphy Donahue." Find A Grave Memorial #16920718 2006. J. Johnson, T. Payne, R. Faulder, G. Wilkie & J. Robinson, . . . 1809. hardcover books
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Fore Edge Painting PETRARCH Francesco 1304 1374.
Le Rime di Messer F. Petrarca. Le Stanze e l'Orfeo del Poliziano con note di diversi.
Parigi:: Presso Baudry 1836. 1836. 2 volumes in 1. Sm. 8vo. xxx 2 442 2; iv 288 2 pp. Frontispiece portrait 2 half-titles; light foxing. Original full green straight-grain gilt-stamped morocco a.e.g.; rubbed Early ownership inscription 1839. Bookplate with signature of Edward Thomas King. With a beautiful scene painted by Don Noble unsigned of Tivoli Italy. Presso Baudry, 1836. unknown books
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Fore edge Painting BIBLE.
The Holy Bible containing the Old and New Testaments. . . Stereotype edition.
Cambridge:: Printed by J. Smith 1817 1816. 1817. 2 volumes. Small 12mo. iv 600; 601-821 1 2; 250 2 pp. Original crimson blind- and gilt-stamped straight grained morocco all edges gilt. Within slip-case bound in red cloth gilt-stamped back "Foredge Paintings" likely the box dates from the time of the fore-edge painting. With two lovely fore-edge paintings painted on the fanned edges; not labeled but the scenes are of British churches. Provenance: Carnegie Book Shop New York Dec 14 1965 - sold to: Roland S. Bond Dallas TX. Probably this is the Louis H. Silver d.1963 Chicago copy sold at Parke-Bernet Galleries Nov. 16 1965 sold to Carnegie Book Shop NY. The volume was described as "one vol. bound in 2 which was an oversight as the 2nd title is deep within the second vol. Silver was a lawyer engineer and Chicago hotel owner Gold Coast Hotels who was a trustee of the Newberry Library. The bulk of his collection was purchased through his agent the noted bookseller John F. Fleming and brought a reported NY Times May 15 1964 price of 2.75 million dollars. / The University of Texas Ransom Center reports: "In June of 1963 Silver was diagnosed with terminal cancer and enlisted Fleming's help in selling his substantial library. Silver had very specific demands for the sale—his library was to be sold en bloc and he should receive no less than $2.2 million for it. Fleming made contact with several auction houses but on October 27 1963 Silver died before any action towards a sale could be completed. Silver's estate represented by Clarence A. Beutel and Silver's wife Amy wanted the search for a buyer to continue according to Silver's specifications. / On November 15 1963 the University of Texas at Austin expressed interest in the collection. Fleming began negotiations with Dr. Harry Ransom Chancellor of the University of Texas at Austin. Within a month Ransom had $2.75 million in cash for the sale. Silver's estate though was feeling hesitant about the sale. The first problem was that they did not want to pay Fleming his $200000 commission. The second was that they felt pressured to keep the Silver Library in Illinois by selling it to the Newberry Library instead. In the end that is what the estate chose to do. On May 13 1964 the Newberry Library bought the Silver Library for $2.75 million. / Under Illinois law Fleming as a property broker should have earned his commission when he produced a ready willing and able buyer. There is no requirement that a sale with that buyer must occur. Since Fleming produced his buyer he requested his commission. When the Silver estate refused Fleming filed a lawsuit in Illinois on August 6 1964. The estate was granted summary judgment and the case was dismissed. The court found that since many of the books were damaged and the University of Texas did not examine the books prior to agreeing to buy them it would not have actually been willing to commit to the sale. Fleming appealed to the Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals. In John F. Fleming Incorporated v. Beutel 395 F.2d 21 the appellate court remanded the case after finding that the lower court was incorrect in granting summary judgment. The appellate court ruled that when one was dealing with older books some damage was par for the course and so the buyer would have been willing to go through with the sale. However rather than continue the court battle Fleming settled out of court for $92000 on December 17 1968. / The Newberry Library took possession of the Silver Library and against Silver's wishes discarded one third of the books as surplus and auctioned them." JWRB Printed by J. Smith, 1817, 1816. hardcover books
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Fore edge Painting CLINTON Henry Fynes 1781 1852.
An Epitome of the Civil and Literary Chronology of Rome and Constantinople from the death of Augustus to the death of Heraclius. Edited by Rev. C.J. Fynes Clinton.
Oxford:: University Press 1853. 1853. 8vo. vi 524 2 pp. Index. Original full dark green morocco stamped "Fortem Posce Animum" "Pray for a strong will" - Juvenal and on the lower cover: Honi soit qui Mal y Pense" = "Evil to him who evil thinks"; joints rubbed. Student's prize for George Rodney Scott d. March 3 1929 at Winchester College July 8 1866. later a Fellow of Merton College; bookplate of Bernardine Murphy. Very good. With a fore-edge painting by the "Dover" artist "Ponte Rotti Rome." With the title hand-written by the artist. Painted ca.1920-30s. Fore-edge painting of "Rotti Bridge Rome." The "Ponte Rotto" was drawn by J.D. Harding and engraved by Edward Francis Finden ca.1834 and the fore-edge artist has used this view to apply to the edge of Clinton's Chronology of Rome. The provenance suggests that Scott was the owner through 1929 and on his death it may have found its way to Marks & Co. perhaps by scouting or by auction. From that date it is consistent with other pieces also painted by the 'Dover' painter though this tends to support the point that the earliest date this book could have received a fore-edge painting would have been in 1929. <br /><br /> PROVENANCE: Bookplate of Bernadine Murphy Donahue 1904-1968 a prominent California Catholic philanthropist who married Daniel Donahue in 1954 and established the Daniel Murphy Foundation in 1957 in memory of her father to promote Roman Catholic causes. "So helpful to the Church was the foundation that Pope John XXIII conferred on Bernardine the title of 'Papal Countess' the only title given to an American during his pontificate. Several years later Pope Paul VI conferred on Daniel the title 'Gentleman of His Holiness' the highest award bestowed on a layman in the Church and the first such Award ever given to an American. The Countess died unexpectedly in 1968" Burks. Burks Lisa. "Bernadine Murphy Donahue." Find A Grave Memorial #16920718 2006. <br /><br /> George Rodney Scott authored Brief Summary of a Course of Lectures on Greek History 1877. JWRB University Press, 1853. unknown books
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Fore edge Painting GORDON William.
The Elements Analysis and Practice of Arithmetic Vulger Decimal and Duodecimal in all the parts of modern business mercantile or mechanical: with plane trigonometry rectangular and oblique applied to the computation of heights and distances on the Earth on the Sea and in the Heavens by Arithmetic only. The second edition. Revised corrected and enlarged.
Glasgow:: Printed by A. Adam for Morison and MacCallum 1775. 1775. 8vo. vii 1 xi-xiii 1 368 miss-numbered 268 pp. Original full red polished calf gilt tooled with decorative border and center device raised bands gilt dec. spine dark title spine label a.e.g.; hinges a bit worn. Former ownership name removed from title. Very good. This volume has a DOUBLE FORE-EDGE PAINTING by the American Doubler painter with scenes of New York and Philadelphia painted sometime after WWII and before November 1965 a date in the back of the book shows that time presumed to be a bookseller's mark. JWRB Printed by A. Adam, for Morison and MacCallum, 1775. hardcover books
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Fore edge Painting HOBHOUSE John.
Historical Illustrations of the fourth canto of Childe Harold: containing dissertations on the ruins of Rome; and an essay on Italian literature. Second edition revised and corrected.
London:: John Murray 1818. 1818. 8vo. viii 576 pp. Original full double gilt-ruled vellum gilt embellished spine olive-brown morocco spine label all edges gilt red endleaves. Fine copy. With a glorious fore-edge painting on the painted edge by the Dover painter of "King's College Chapel Cambridge" and labeled in the artist's ink hand. The artist is known to have worked in the 1920s and 1930s in London thus it is interesting to note that there are two notations with dates: a dated inscription in the back E.H.W. 25/3/31 March 25 1931 $ 85. - with a cost code showing B/-/- over B/H/E. Surely an indication that this was painted by March 1931 and offered for sale by an American bookseller for $ 85. The label shown for the painting also has a code: 116/1/24 which looks like a code/date - if a date then the year would be 1924. This is very much within this artist's time period of activity. JWRB John Murray, 1818. hardcover books
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Fore edge Painting ABDY Mrs. Maria Smith 1818 1867.
Poetry. Seventh series. These verses have appeared at various times in different magazines and annuals. For Private Circulation.
London:: J. Robins 1858. 1858. 8vo. 178 pp. Original full pea-green blind and gilt-stamped calf all edges gilt. Bookplates of William Flitton and Edward Thomas King. Very good. With a fore-edge painting of Wimborne Minster Dorset United Kingdom showing a wide green field two persons taking a walk with their dog. Provenance: Edward Thomas King was a fore-edge painting collector and owned a Don Noble painting thus probably active buying in the 1970s. See: Weber Jeff Annotated Dictionary pp. 214-6 Noble fl. 1965-2000. JWRB J. Robins, 1858. unknown books
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Fore edge painting HOBHOUSE John 1786 1869.
Historical Illustrations of the Fourth Canto of Childe Harold: containing dissertations on the ruins of Rome; and an essay on Italian Literature. Second edition revised and corrected.
London:: John Murray 1818. 1818. 8vo. viii 576 pp. "3 plates" Original green straight grain morocco gilt rules gilt-stamped raised bands rouge endleaves. Bookplates of John Bolton and Marjorie & Martin Mitau. Very good. With a fore-edge painting under the gold entitled: "Fore Edge Castle & Bridge of St. Angelo Tomb of Hadrian." The old Castle at St. Angelo is referenced on p.300: "This imitation of Egyptian deformity must not be supposed to apply to the mausoleum of Hadrian but to the monstrous divinities and the fabrics of the Tiburtine villa. The Mole was constructed it is thought on the plan nearly of the Mausoleum of Augustus or Cecilia Metella." Aikin. A classic scene often depicted on fore-edge paintings. <br /><br /> Provenance: Martin Mitau 1900–1973 and Marjorie nee Fleishhacker Mitau 1906–1983 were both San Franciscans and lived in the Bay Area all their lives. He was a member of Roxburghe Club of San Francisco and the Book Club of California and their collection was strong in California fine printing. - Kelmscott Chaucer census. JWRB John Murray, 1818. hardcover books
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Fore edge Painting HORACE Quintus Horatius Flaccus.
Carmina. Editio Stereotypa Herhan.
Paris: E Prelis Fratrum Mame 1808. 1808. 12mo. iv xi 1 354 pp. Some light foxing. Original full crimson straight-grain morocco gilt and blind-tooled rules gilt spine extra a.e.g.; rubbed. Bookplate of Bernardine Murphy. Very nice copy. With a fore-edge painting by the "Dover" painter associated with Marks & Co. showing "The Coliseum from the Orto Farnese" perhaps after Frederick Walmisley 1815-1875. <br /><br /> PROVENANCE: The Catholic philanthropist Bernardine Murphy is Sir Daniel J. and Countess Bernardine Murphy Donohue 1904-1968; married in 1954. They resided in Los Angeles at one time buying the mansion of Earle C. Anthony the founder of KABC. That mansion was donated to the Immaculate Heart Sisters in 1971 upon the death of the Countess. The couple established the Daniel Murphy Foundation in 1957 in memory of Bernardine's father to promote important Roman Catholic and other philanthropic causes. Mrs. Donohue is entombed next to Cardinal James Francis McIntyre. The art collection of Sir Daniel Donohue was recently sold at auction. <br /><br /> Antoine Augustin Renouard Catalogue de la Bibliotheque d'un Amateur vol. II 1819 p. 266. JWRB E Prelis Fratrum Mame, 1808. unknown books
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Fore edge Painting FORDYCE James 1720 1796.
Addresses to the Deity. The third edition.
London:: Printed for T. Cadell Jun. and W. Davies by G.R. Clarke 1801. 1801. Small 8vo. xx ii 232 pp. Original full dark navy blue straight-grained morocco gilt Greek-key tooling surround five raised bands elaborate gilt compartments all edges gilt. Very good . With a fine fore-edge painting under the gilt showing "Christchurch in Hampshire here James Fordyce lived." With an early typed note relating to the painting. The artist possibly copied the engraving "Christchurch Hampshire" from the print by E. Finden after a picture by W. Westall published in Great Britain Illustrated 1830. This view shows the single row boat in the foreground similar to the image with this fore-edge painting. Artist unknown; painted ca. 1900-1955. This scene is delicately and skillfully painted. "Fordyce's delivery and gestures were studied and he drew crowds to Monkwell Street. His topics were didactic but he also satisfied cultured tastes and dealt with the ethics of actual life. David Garrick was impressed; Fordyce associated with Samuel Johnson and introduced him to Blair. He gave sympathetic account in Addresses to the Deity 1785 of Johnson's religious character speaking as an evangelical moderate." DNB. Printed for T. Cadell, Jun. and W. Davies, by G.R. Clarke, 1801. hardcover books
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Fore Edge Painting BIBLE 1802.
The Holy Bible containing the Old Testament and the New: Translated out of the original tongues: and with the former translations Diligently compared and revised By His Majesty's special Command.
London:: John Reeves 1802. 1802. 4to. ii xxi pp. 228 ff. a2 b-d4 e2 A-Z4 2A-Z4 3A-G4. Original dark greenish-blue straight-grain morocco gilt floral ruled borders raised bands with three angels in three compartments a.e.g. The binding is not sign but it is similar to other English bindings of the period possibly Staggemeier & Welcher. The spine foot says "Genesis to Numbers" and "Reeves's - Edition" in gilt. Early armorial bookplate of W. H. Battie-Wrightson Cusworth Yorkshire. Extensively annotated in ink holograph 3 ½ pages on blank endleaves being the record of Thomas de Grey's family births marriages and deaths; he is the second son of Lord Walsingham "a clergyman married Elizabeth Fourth Daughter of the Hon.ble. Brownlow North Bishop of Winchester on the 12th of August 1802 by Special Licence at the Private Chapel at Winchester House Chelsea. . . " Very good. WITH A DOUBLE FORE-EDGE PAINTING of Philadelphia in 1790 and New York in 1820. The scene of Philadelphia shows churches buildings a harbor and shipping scene; on the reverse edge showing "New York" has various harbor buildings. Not signed; likely painted just prior to Leamington's owning this volume thus ca. 1953. The artist is not known. Often an American bookstore would import a volume acquired from an artist or a British bookstore. Provenance: W. H. Battie-Wrightson Cusworth Yorkshire. William Wrightson 1752-1827 of Cusworth Hall Doncaster Yorkshire was a former member of Parliament 1784-1790; his son of the same name lived 1789-1879; it is unclear which person's bookplate the name refers. Brownlow North 1741-1820 former owner family member was appointed Bishop of Winchester in 1781. DNB. More recently a pencil note within the book indicates it was purchased from Leamington Book Shop July 1953. A bookseller's clipped catalogue description appears to be that of Leamington's Price: £18 10s. ca. 1953. A later pencil note 12/98 indicates this book was priced in December 1998 at $1600. John Reeves, 1802. hardcover books
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Fore Edge Painting Junius pseud..
Junius. Stat Nominis Umbra.
London:: Printed by T. Bensley 1796-1797. 1796. Two volumes. 8vo. xl iv 325; iv 366 pp. Engraved half-titles 16 engraved plates index. Twentieth century full navy blue straight-grained morocco gilt rules five raised bands with gilt compartments a.e.g. for H. Sotheran & Co. London; a tad rubbed. Near fine. The TWO FORE-EDGE PAINTINGS by CLARE BOOKSBANK signed. The scene on volume I is possibly a view of King George III and the House of Parliament; on volume II Westminster from the Thames River. The identity of Junius is open to question and debate and may never be finally resolved unless documents are found which establish his identity. On the other hand scholars now generally support the identification with Sir Philip Francis. "The case for Philip Francis first proposed by John Taylor in 1816 has established itself as by far the most probable though categorical proof is still not forthcoming" DNB. The Letters of Junius were the official letters that Junius collected refined and published in 1772. The 16 engraved portrait plates depicting famous political figures: 8 Marquis of Granby Duke of Grafton Marquis of Rockingham Judge Blackstone Right Honorable James Grenville Duke of Bedford Sir William Draper King George III; 8 Lord North Lord Bute John Horne Took Earl of Chatham John Wilkes Right Honorable Edmund Burke Earl of Mansfield Earl Camden 8. Printed by T. Bensley, 1796-1797. hardcover books
Bookseller reference : FF164
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