[FORE-EDGE PAINTINGS]. Stat Nominis Umbra
by JUNIUS
Price: $1,750.00
- Bookseller: Argosy Book Store
- Seller Inventory #: 165713
- Format: Hardcover
- Binding: Hardcover
Book Description
hardcover. 2 volumes. Engraved frontispieces & title vignettes; in-text woodcuts by Bewick and fine stipple portraits by Ridley throughout. xxxi, 274; vi, 318, [2]pp. 8vo, bound in contemporary red straight-grained morocco with gilt-stamped spines (joints and extremities worn; some foxing and toning). London: Printed by T. Bensley for Vernor and Hood, 1797. Each volume has a handsome fore-edge painting depicting New York and Philadelphia harbor scenes.
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