£130
Fore-edge Painting. Falconer (William, A Sailor) & Clarke (J.S., F.R.S., Vicar of Preston and Librarian to the Prince), The Shipwreck: A Poem [...] with a Life of the Author, London: William Miller, 1810, defective contents wormed throughout, however not affecting painting, finely bound in contemporary Neoclassical vellum gilt over boards by B. Frye of Halifax, his ticket to ffep, the covers' outer borders outlined with a double-fillet between a meandering Greek key border, its angles ornamented with floral bosses, the whole of which is picked-out in navy blue, and enclosing an inner-border of foliage, the flat spine gilt-tooled with urns and and foliate swags, lettered and dated labels, all edges gilt, the fore-edge revealing a contemporary picture of a British man-of-war entering a harbour, executed in watercolour, pink and purple marbled endpapers, 8vo (18.5cm x 12cm).
Sold as a binding and not subject to return.
Provenance: 1) Charles Clegg, early 20th century pictorial bookplate to recto pastedown; 2) C.W. Briggs, his manuscript inscription to ffep.
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