(Etruscan-style binding by Edwards of Halifax) The Holy Bible

Edwards of Halifax

Edité par Edwards of Halifax, 1773

Edwards of Halifax / 1773 / (Etruscan-style binding by Edwards of Halifax) The Holy Bible (Safe 4, 103848) Octavo. Two volumes, each in later Etruscan-style calf by Edwards of Halifax (shallow gouge to Vol 1, gilt at front joint of Vo. 1 upper cover rubbed, else lightly rubbed). Gilt rule to edges and gilt Greek key tooling at turn-ins. All edges gilt. Wide silk page marker to each (bottom third of Vol. 2 marker separated, but with cord fringe at end). Fore-edge painting in soft greys and greens to each volume: a view of Eton College from the river bank to first, Fountains Abbey to the second (each noted and dated in manuscript to front flyleaf apparently by Thomas Edwards). Typographic bookplate "Sir Joshua Colles Meredyth, Kt. and Baronet." to front pastedown of each. Housed in full calf solander box. Handwriting apparently matches a gift inscription by Thomas Edwards held at Victoria University. Eton view based on that of Samuel Ireland from Volume II of his 1802 book Picturesque Views on the River Thames and identified by Carl J. Weber as a view used by the firm. Fountains Abbey view possibly based on Thomas Hearne's view (based on a sketch by Joseph Farington) in The Antiquities of Great Britain (1782). N° de réf. du vendeur 103848

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Titre : (Etruscan-style binding by Edwards of ...
Éditeur : Edwards of Halifax
Date d'édition : 1773
Reliure : Hardcover
Etat : VG
Type de livre : Book