[FORE-EDGE PAINTING]. LATHY, Thomas Pike ("Piscator").
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[FORE-EDGE PAINTING]. LATHY, Thomas Pike ("Piscator"). The Angler. London: for W. Wright and M. Iley, 1819.
12mo. Engraved portrait frontispiece, piscatorial head- and tail-pieces. (Offsetting of portrait to title, some spotting to frontispiece.) Contemporary maroon morocco [by THOMAS GOSDEN], panel-stamped in blind with portraits of Walton and Cotton, borders of rods, fish, rushes, masks and vignettes, spine in 5 compartments with 4 raised bands gilt, edges gilt concealing a DOUBLE FORE-EDGE PAINTING of fishing scenes (very slight wear to extremities); modern cloth slipcase. Provenance: Thomas Gaisford (1779-1855) Dean of Christ Church (bookplate); John Roland Abbey (1894-1969) English bibliophile (bookplate).
THE J. R. ABBEY COPY, IN A FINE BLIND-PANEL BINDING BY THOMAS GOSDEN. Gosden, whose bindings are usually found on angling and sporting books, was the first bookbinder in England to use blind-stamped portrait panels. (See G. D. Hobson, English Bindings in the Library of J. R. Abbey, 1940, p.150).
Estimate $400-500
12mo. Engraved portrait frontispiece, piscatorial head- and tail-pieces. (Offsetting of portrait to title, some spotting to frontispiece.) Contemporary maroon morocco [by THOMAS GOSDEN], panel-stamped in blind with portraits of Walton and Cotton, borders of rods, fish, rushes, masks and vignettes, spine in 5 compartments with 4 raised bands gilt, edges gilt concealing a DOUBLE FORE-EDGE PAINTING of fishing scenes (very slight wear to extremities); modern cloth slipcase. Provenance: Thomas Gaisford (1779-1855) Dean of Christ Church (bookplate); John Roland Abbey (1894-1969) English bibliophile (bookplate).
THE J. R. ABBEY COPY, IN A FINE BLIND-PANEL BINDING BY THOMAS GOSDEN. Gosden, whose bindings are usually found on angling and sporting books, was the first bookbinder in England to use blind-stamped portrait panels. (See G. D. Hobson, English Bindings in the Library of J. R. Abbey, 1940, p.150).
Estimate $400-500
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[FORE-EDGE PAINTING]. LATHY, Thomas Pike ("Piscator").
Estimate $400 - $500
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