Fore-edge Painted Book Collection

Split fore-edge painting. Fan at page 268 displays fore-edge painting of Gibraltar's Europa Point with sailing vessels in foreground. Fan at page 283 displays Gibraltar Spanish town and cathedral, road leading to gateway., Oak boards covered by morocco., Photographed by Mitro Hood, 2017-2018, Date appears after place and before printer on imprint., Text in columns., Copy described in Palau has 8 plates only., Issued with: Missae propriae festorum quae generaliter in :Hispania celebrantur ... Matriti, 1769., Palau

Fore-edge painting depicts Battle of Culloden between Scots Jacobites and British., Bound in Rome; Jacobite prayer manual for use in Rome., Photographed by Mitro Hood, 2017-2018

Fore-edge painting depicts the Alps at daybreak., Photographed by Mitro Hood, 2017-2018, "T. Bensley, printer"--Title page verso., Vignettes, headpieces, tailpieces.

Split fore-edge painting, both of London, England. Fan to left at page 248 depicts Hampton Court Palace in 1538. Fan to right at page 248 depicts view of Thames, shipping near Tower of London., Photographed by Mitro Hood, 2017-2018, First collected edition., Numbers 249-256, 369-384 omitted in the paging., Title within double line border. Marginal notes., Includes bibliographical references.

Fore-edge painting depicts the coat of arms of M. le Duc D'arnou, Prince of the Royal Blood., Stamped Bibliotheque Seminaire St. Sulpice., Photographed by Mitro Hood, 2017-2018, Includes index., Engraved head and tail-pieces, initials., Includes bibliographical references.

Fore-edge painting depicts Salisbury, England river scene with Salisbury Cathedral in background., Photographed by Mitro Hood, 2017-2018

Fore-edge painting depicts colorful street scene: men on horses, carriages, people waving, Photographed by Mitro Hood, 2017-2018

Double fore-edge painting depicts London, England's Richmond Palace, 16th century, with boats on Thames and people on river bank; Richmond Palace circa 17th century, from high ground away from river., Photographed by Mitro Hood, 2017-2018

Split fore-edge painting. Fan left at page 122 depicts rhyme on William Laud, Archbishop of Canterbury. Fan right at page 122 depicts a cartoon ridiculing William Laud., S. Woodhouaw stamped on upper board., Photographed by Mitro Hood, 2017-2018

Double fore-edge painting depicts London, England's Westminster Abbey circa 1750, St. John's, St. Stephen's Chapel; Marylebone Reservoir, Half-Way House Tavern., Cottage-roof binding, Photographed by Mitro Hood, 2017-2018

Fore-edge painting depicts view of Oxford, England., Photographed by Mitro Hood, 2017-2018

Fore-edge painting depicts Essex, England's Audley End Mansion., Photographed by Mitro Hood, 2017-2018