Fore-Edge painting.- Buchan (A.P. [Alexander Peter]) Bionomia, first

Fore-Edge painting.- Buchan (A.P. [Alexander Peter]) Bionomia. Opinions concerning Life and Health... first edition, author's copy, ink inscription to half title, 'Ex Libris A.P. Buchan... 1822', light foxing, small tear to p.33/34, contemporary full calf, re-cased, rubbed, hinges strained, fore-edge painting of Greenwich Hospital, T. Cadell and W. Davies, 1811. § Lays of Palestine, ink inscription to front free endpaper reads: "To Mary Ann Ogilvie, from the Author, an old Pupil of her Father, MDCCCLI", the odd spot, contemporary full morocco, front board attached to text-block only, rear joint worn, rubbing to joints, spine, and corners, g.e., double fore-edge painting beneath the gilt of view of the Tower of London and the Port of London, attributed to Samuel E. Stevens (ca 1947-1967), Francis & John Rivington, 1851. § The Complete Works of George Herbert: and the Satires and Psalms of Bishop Hall, engraved frontispiece (detached), and 8 engraved plates, tissue guards, foxing and browning, first few ff. detached, ink inscriptions and bookseller's blind-stamp to endpapers, contemporary morocco, rubbed, hinges starting to crack, g.e., fore-edge painting beneath the gilt of Great Court, Trinity College Cambridge, T. Nelson and Sons, 1860; and 3 others with fore-edge paintings, 8vo (6)

Estimate:£300

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