1784 · London:
by [Fore-Edge Painting] WATTS, Isaac.
London:: Printed for J. F. and C. Rivington . . ., 1784., 1784. 16mo. 80 x 140 mm. viii, 317, [23] pp. Original full crimson turkey morocco with massed gilt stamping on both covers and spine, all edges gilt, two clasps, black leather spine label; head of spine a bit chipped at corner, clasps missing the movable element, pages trimmed closely with occasional loss, but a very good copy with a lovely period binding. Bookplate of Oscar Ehrhardt Lancaster. Good. With a fore-edge painting of Richmond Bridge, Surrey. Painted circa 1948-60 by Samuel E. Stevens. PROVENANCE: Pre-fore-edge: Mary Strand[?], 1790 – Mary S. Partridge, 1792; After fore-edge: Oscar Ehrhardt Lancaster (1887-) (Lancaster collected fore-edge paintings).
(Inventory #: FF2537)