DOUBLE FORE-EDGE PAINTING - The Lay of the Last Minstrel, A Poem
London & Edinburgh: Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Brown; and A. Constable and Co., By James Ballantyne & Co., 1816. Fifteenth Edition. Full-Leather. Octavo. Very Good. Item #38910
20th-century full maroon morocco binding with gilt frame, 5 raised bands, double gilt-stamped leather spine labels, brown endpapers, all edges gilt. DOUBLE FORE-EDGE PAINTING: Fanned one way and you have Yale College and State House, New Haven, Connecticut, fanned the other way and you have Harvard University, Cambridge, Mass. Pp. 349, includes half-title. Contemporary ink signature of previous owner on front blank. Minor foxing, primarily to prelims and end pages, water marking along gutters, again primarily to prelims and end pages, otherwise a very good copy with a scarce double fore-edge painting.
Price (CAD): $1,500.00