$1,476
Fore-edge Paintings, Four Volumes, 1815-1842. Four octavo-format London imprints with fore-edge paintings under their gilt edges, some paintings worn: two volume set of Johnson's Lives of the Poets , depicting Dr. Johnson's birthplace, and his home on Fleet Street; Recreations in Natural History , 1821, with Guilford Castle; and Lady Vavasour's Last Tour and First Work , 1842, showing West Gate, Canterbury; all volumes in full contemporary leather with gold-tooled spines and boards, slightly worn but intact. (4)
Auctioneer:
Skinner
Date:
2014-11-16