Fore-edge Painted Book Collection

Fore-edge painting depicts man fishing in a pond or river., Photographed by Mitro Hood, 2017-2018, "T. Bensley, printer"--Title page verso., Includes errata (p. [2] at beginning).

Fore-edge painting depicts Paris, France: Seine river, stone bridge, Notre Dame Cathedral., French binding, Viscount Bateman copy., Photographed by Mitro Hood, 2017-2018.

Fore-edge painting of royal crest of Charles II flanked by cherub heads and gold wings., Bound by Samuel Mearne, royal binder to Charles II., Photographed by Mitro Hood, 2017-2018.

Fore-edge painting depicts Edinburgh, Scotland: Holyrood Palace, royal residence., First edition., Photographed by Mitro Hood, 2017-2018.

Double fore-edge painting: one painting depicts Harrow Church in Harrow, England; one painting depicts a boy pushing coal truck in tunnel; trapper holds gate., Shaftesbury from Harrow; led reform child labor in coal mines., Binding: bound by Morrell., Photographed by Mitro Hood, 2017-2018.

Two-volume set, with paintings of Richmond, England. Vol. 1 fore-edge painting depicts Richmond Bridge. Vol. 2 fore-edge painting depicts Hampton Court., Photographed by Mitro Hood, 2017-2018, Divided into twelve books; each book preceeded by half-title, included in paging., Vol. 1, t.p. wanting.

Three-volume set with images of Scotland. Vol. 1 fore-edge painting depicts Edinburgh's Holyrood Palace. Vol. 2 fore-edge painting depicts Kelso, Scottish Borders. Vol. 3 fore-edge painting depicts view of Abbotsford, Scottish Borders., Photographed by Mitro Hood, 2017-2018

Fore-edge painting depicts Knole House in Kent, England., Photographed by Mitro Hood, 2017-2018

Fore-edge painting depicts view of Ludgate Hill in London, England., Binding by Hayday., Photographed by Mitro Hood, 2017-2018

Fore-edge painting depicts city and port of Philadelphia., Photographed by Mitro Hood, 2017-2018

Fore-edge painting depicts Eastern village on the seashore, with figures., Photographed by Mitro Hood, 2017-2018, Added col. wood-engraved t.p. Also includes a wood-engraved title page for each of the four parts of the poem. All plates except added col. t.p. included in pagination., Includes "Preface. (Written originally [by the author] for 'Lalla Rookh' in the collected edition of Moore's works.)": p. [ix-xxiv] and "Notes": p. [331]-381., Printer's device on title page verso., Publisher's advertisements on p. [2-3] at end., Record derived from Internet Archive. Part of the University of Toronto collection., Bibliographical references included in "Notes": p. [333]-381.

Fore-edge painting depicts view in the Tyrol region, Austria., Photographed by Mitro Hood, 2017-2018

Fore-edge painting depicts view of a windmill in Holland., Photographed by Mitro Hood, 2017-2018

Fore-edge painting depicts Tennyson's birthplace at Somersby, England., Bound by Hayday., Photographed by Mitro Hood, 2017-2018, "A list of books published by Edward Moxon ... September, 1856" 8p. sewn in between front endpapers., Binding: original purple cloth., Wise 43.