Fore-Edge painting.- Beattie (James) The Letters of James Beattie

Fore-Edge painting.- Beattie (James) The Letters of James Beattie, from Sir W. Forbes's Collection, together 2 works in 1 vol., additional engraved titles, occasional browning, modern morocco, near-fine, g.e., fore-edge painting beneath the gilt of a town square scene, John Sharpe, 1820. § Bloomfield (Robert), The Farmer's Boy, a Rural Poem; Wild Flowers, or Pastoral and Local Poetry, together 2 works in 1 vol., Wild Flowers with frontispiece and 7 engraved plates, light browning and occasional spots, ink inscription to front free endpaper, hinges starting to crack, contemporary calf, rubbed, g.e., fore-edge painting beneath the gilt of a rural scene with a farmer and his dog in the foreground, Longman et al., 1819-1820, bookplates for Alan J. Kichler, both housed in modern cloth chemises and morocco-backed slipcases, near-fine, 8vo (2)

Estimate:£300

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