The Pleasures of Hope. With other poems.

Seventh edition. Small 8vo. [viii], 159, [1] pp. 4 engraved plates. Bound in original Etruscan calf by EDWARDS OF HALIFAX, elaborately decorated with black palmettes and gilt Greek-key rolls, gilt spine with black gilt-lettered leather spine label, all edges gilt, inner dentelles gilt, marbled endpapers; corners bumped and rubbed, joints starting, 1-inch abrasion to lower board. light penciled inscription to front blank recto, "Blanche Harding / the gift of an / affectionate father / June 12 1856" and ink inscription to the half-title page, "Francis Thornhill / Sep[temb]er 1805 / given to me by W. Thornhill." Internally generally clean and tight. Very good. ETRUSCAN BINDING & FORE-EDGE PAINTING BY EDWARDS OF HALIFAX. A fine specimen of the work of the famous Edwards of Halifax bindery with fore-edge painting by the bindery, a charming well-painted and well-preserved depicting bucolic landscape scene of an English estate. Edwards of Halifax bindery was innovative and brought back the lost art of fore-edge painting. They were also responsible for several signature style bindings, including most prominently their Etruscan calf treatment and the under-vellum scenes applied to the covers. PROVENANCE: Francis Thornhill (1805) Blanche Harding (1856) Phillip J. Pirages [ST10713] Randall J. Moskovitz, MD (ca.1990-2015), Memphis, Tennessee. REFERENCES: Weber, Jeff, Annotated Dictionary of Fore-edge Painting Artists & Binders, pp. 107-136.

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Publisher: Mundell & Son, et al., 1804.

Year: 1804

Type: Used

Binding: Softcover

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