signed first edition Fore-edge painting of Pope's Villa at Twickenham by Miss C.B. Currie. Engraved vignette on title page. xv, 410 pp. 1 vols. 8vo
1866 · Edinburgh
by (Fore-edge) Stoddart, Thomas Tod
Edinburgh: Edmonston and Douglas, 1866. First edition. Fore-edge painting of Pope's Villa at Twickenham by Miss C.B. Currie. Engraved vignette on title page. xv, 410 pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Superbly bound in full black straight grained morocco, boards tooled with leafy floral border, spine gilt, a.e.g. by Riviere & Son for Sotherans, Piccadilly. In black cloth drop box. First edition. Fore-edge painting of Pope's Villa at Twickenham by Miss C.B. Currie. Engraved vignette on title page. xv, 410 pp. 1 vols. 8vo. One of the original series of fore-edge paintings executed by the early twentieth-century master of the form, Miss C.B. Currie, commissioned by J.H. Stonehouse, managing director of Sotheran’s bookshop in Piccadilly. Miss Caroline Billin Currie (1849-1940) was also renowned as the artist for the miniatures for the Cosway bindings prepared for Sotherans, but very liitle is known of her life.
This fore edge painting depicts poet Alexander Pope’s Villa at Twickenham at Cross Deep on the river Thames. As was the custom, there is an inserted calligraphic leaf indicating that this is no. 28 in the series and identifying the subject, signed by Miss Currie.
A choice example of her work. Westwood & Satchell, p. 202James' Apt (Inventory #: 365131)
This fore edge painting depicts poet Alexander Pope’s Villa at Twickenham at Cross Deep on the river Thames. As was the custom, there is an inserted calligraphic leaf indicating that this is no. 28 in the series and identifying the subject, signed by Miss Currie.
A choice example of her work. Westwood & Satchell, p. 202James' Apt (Inventory #: 365131)
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