Fore-edge Painted Book Collection

Fore-edge painting depicts bouquet of flowers with inscription "To My Valentine", Photographed by Mitro Hood, 2017-2018, Also published under the title: Floral biography, or, Chapters on flowers., On memories and people associated with certain flowers rather than on the flowers themselves.

Fore-edge painting depicts Paris, France., Photographed by Mitro Hood, 2017-2018

Fore-edge painting depicts Oxford, England from river; University Church, Radcliffe Camera., Photographed by Mitro Hood, 2017-2018

Fore-edge painting depicts Oxford, England from river., Photographed by Mitro Hood, 2017-2018, Bound by William Pine, name stamped on spine., No Apocrypha. Brief notes are printed at the end of the chapters., William Pine was connected with the firm of I. Moore and Co. (afterwards J. Fry and Co.), which printed two folio and two octavo Bibles (See Herbert No 1244, 1776)., Text ends on 4F6 verso, followed by 6 ff. containing 'A collection of the names and titles given to Jesus Christ', and a table of proper names., Darlow & Moule, 912, Herbert, A.S. Engl. Bible, 1239, BSS. 2nd copy belongs to the Fry Collection.

Fore-edge painting depicts an English cathedral town from the meadows., Photographed by Mitro Hood, 2017-2018, Added t.p., engr., with vignette.

Fore-edge painting depicts England's Windsor Castle from the Thames, hot air balloon over castle., Photographed by Mitro Hood, 2017-2018, At head of title: The "Albion" edition.

Double fore-edge painting depicts a bridge over a river, and a boat with a castle in the background., Photographed by Mitro Hood, 2017-2018, Title-page engraved with vignette.

Double fore-edge painting depicts Sussex, England's Castle Bodiam, owned by Sir Thomas Webster; the Parks in Oxford, England with college buildings. Top edge painting depicts the arms of Sir Thomas Webster. Bottom edge painting depicts the arms of Oxford University., Photographed by Mitro Hood, 2017-2018

Double fore-edge painting depicts views of Holland: Port of Leiden and Port of Harlem; Port of Utrecht and Port of Muyden., Signed "Rel. P. Bozerian, Jeune", Photographed by Mitro Hood, 2017-2018

Fore-edge painting depicts view of Edinburgh, Scotland with citadel, bridge, buildings on both sides of river., Binder's label of Hering, a.e.g., Photographed by Mitro Hood, 2017-2018

Double fore-edge painting depicts man-of-war, ships off coast of Palermo, Italy; Balem Castle, above harbor in Lisbon, Portugal with ships., Queen Anne binding., Photographed by Mitro Hood, 2017-2018

Double fore-edge painting depicts a bridge over the river in Tours, France; bridge over the Thames in Richmond, England., Photographed by Mitro Hood, 2017-2018, Added title-page, engraved.

Fore-edge painting depicts London, England's Old London Bridge, St. Paul's Cathedral, sailing vessels., Photographed by Mitro Hood, 2017-2018, Added steel engraved illustrated title page., Printed in red and black throughout., Title and text printed within black and red double rule border., Includes small red and black wood-engraved decorative intials., Plates are engraved by W.H. Egleton, H. Robinson, F.P. Becker, Francis Holl, Charles Holl, George Cook, W.H. Mote, C. Wands and H.A. Adlard. Below all engraved plates: 'Blackie & Son, Glasgow, Edinburgh & London'., Separate title page page 459: A new version of the Psalms of David, fitted to the tunes used in churches / by N. Brady, D.D. and N. Tate, Esq. London : Blackie and Son, Warwick Square, MDCCCLIV., 'Index to the notes' on pages 542-547.

Vol. 1 fore-edge painting depicts Oxford, England. Vol. 2 fore-edge painting depicts Cambridge, England., Photographed by Mitro Hood, 2017-2018, English short title catalogue,

Fore-edge painting depicts Salisbury Cathedral in Salisbury, England., Photographed by Mitro Hood, 2017-2018, Sammelband, Page numbers 22-24 are duplicated once (with different text). The second occurrence of p. 22 is printed on the recto side of the leaf, with all subsequent even page numbers appearing on the rectos, and all odd numbers on the versos., English short title catalogue