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Lot 85
Sale 800 - Fine Books and Manuscripts
Lots 1-273
Nov 12, 2020
4:00AM CT
Lots 274-476
Nov 13, 2020
4:00AM CT
Live / Chicago
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$750
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Lot Description
[FORE-EDGE PAINTINGS]. COWPER, William (1731-1800). Poems, By William Cowper. London: J. Johnson, 1806.
2 volumes, 8vo (157 x 94 mm). Half-title in vol.II. (Very occasional spotting.) Contemporary dark green straight-grained morocco gilt, edges gilt concealing FORE-EDGE PAINTINGS of arched stone bridges with country towns (slight creasing to spines, some rubbing).
A posthumous set of poems by Cowper, renowned for his ability to capture the everyday life of the English countryside.
Property from a Private Collection, Chicago, Illinois