1823, 1825 · Oxford
by (FORE-EDGE PAINTING)
Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1823, 1825. 252 x 160 mm. (10 x 6 1/2). [372] leaves.
Contemporary maroon morocco, covers with gilt fillet frame, volutes at corners, blind-stamped ornament at center, rebacked (though without consummate skill), preserving original backstrip (some minor restoration of corners as well), raised bands, spine compartments with four spiraling gilt volutes, gilt lettering, new endpapers, front hinge reinforced, all edges gilt. WITH AN EXCELLENT FORE-EDGE PAINTING OF WALTHAM ABBEY. ◆Half a dozen small abrasions to boards, corners somewhat bumped, but the rebacked binding entirely solid; occasional minor foxing to leaves, otherwise (truncated)
Contemporary maroon morocco, covers with gilt fillet frame, volutes at corners, blind-stamped ornament at center, rebacked (though without consummate skill), preserving original backstrip (some minor restoration of corners as well), raised bands, spine compartments with four spiraling gilt volutes, gilt lettering, new endpapers, front hinge reinforced, all edges gilt. WITH AN EXCELLENT FORE-EDGE PAINTING OF WALTHAM ABBEY. ◆Half a dozen small abrasions to boards, corners somewhat bumped, but the rebacked binding entirely solid; occasional minor foxing to leaves, otherwise (truncated)