1848 · London:
by [Fore-Edge Painting] ROGERS, Samuel.
London:: Edward Moxon, 1848., 1848. 12mo. xi, 377 pp. Half-title, index. Original full maroon morocco, gilt-stamped, gilt spine, a.e.g.; corners worn, else very good. Earlier unrelated ownership inscription, 1848. Bookplates of Edward Laurence Doheny and Carrie Estelle Doheny. With a fine fore-edge painting by the "Dover Painter" (ca. 1920s) of "The ruins of the Villa Maecenas at Tivoli." The title label inscribed by the artist. The "Dover Painter" worked for Marks & Co. and became the backbone of the Doheny collection, with about half of her collection being specimens from this artist.
(Inventory #: FF150)