FORE-EDGE PAINTINGS.
4 volumes:
1. MACAULAY, THOMAS BABINGTON, SIR. Lays of Ancient Rome. London: Longmans, 1867. Small 4to. Period full morocco, spine gilt, a.e.g., by Mudie, with fore-edge of a scene from one of the Lays.
2. Another copy. London: 1860. Small 4to. Period full russia, gilt, a.e.g., by Hayday, fore-edge depicting a view of Rome. Foxing.
3. LONGFELLOW, HENRY WADSWORTH. Ballads and Other Poems. Cambridge: John Owen, 1852. 16mo. Period full black morocco, gilt, a.e.g, with fore-edge depicting a view of Boston and with a vignette of Longfellow. Rebacked.
4. HARRIS, ELIZABETH FURLONG SHIPTON. From Oxford to Rome. London: Longman, Brown, Green & Longmans, 1847. 16mo. Period full green morocco, spine gilt, a.e.g., by J. Clyde, with double fore-edge painting depicting views of Long Island and of Providence, Rhode Island.
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