Fore-Edge Paintings Lots 498-523
498 [FORE-EDGE PAINTING]. BACON, Francis, Sir (1561-1626). Essays, Moral, Economical, and Political. London: Chiswick Press for J. Carpenter, 1812. 8vo (8 1/2 x 5 3/8 in).19th-century straight-grained morocco gilt, edges gilt, concealing DOUBLE FORE-EDGE PAINTING of the Library at Trinity College, and Cambridge. Provenance: Henry Williams Mozley (bookplate). $400 - 600
499 [FORE-EDGE PAINTING] -- [BIBLE, in German]. Geisliche und Liebliche Lieder.... Berlin: Joshua David Schaft, 1775. 24mo (6 x 2 7/8 in). Contemporary calf gilt, edges gilt and gauffered, concealing a FORE-EDGE PAINTING of a castle. (some minor chipping or wear); slipcase. $400 - 600
500 [FORE-EDGE PAINTING] -- [BOOK OF COMMON PRAYER, English]. The Book of Common Prayer, And Administration of the Sacraments, and other Rites and Ceremonies of the Church, According to the Use of the Church of England: Together with the Psalter or Psalms of David. Cambridge: John Baskerville, 1762. 8vo (9 1/4 x 5 7/8 in). Contemporary red morocco gilt, cornerpieces, claps and catchedges gilt concealing a fore-edge painting of the Nativity after Botticelli. Provenance: Estcourt of Estcourt (Bookplate and early ownership inscription, “J.G. Estcourt. The gift of J.A. Bucknall Esq. 1784.” $600 - 800 V I E W T H E C O M P L E T E C ATA L O G U E AT H I N D M A N A U C T I O N S . C O M 163
