FORE-EDGE PAINTING -- COWPER, W. The minor poems.... Lot 602

FORE-EDGE PAINTING -- COWPER, W. The minor poems. Lond., J. Sharpe, 1818. 2 in 1 vol. 108; (2), 108 pp. W. 2 engr. ti. & 5 full-p. engr. Sm-8°. Fine brown cont. red (gilt-)tooled cf. (?), spine gilt, sides w. broad gilt ornamental border, inside dentelles. (Bind. skilfully restored). Binding with a double fore-edge painting of rural landscapes on the outer edge: one is visible when the leaves are fanned one way, and the other is visible when the leaves are fanned the other way.