Fore-edge Painting, Double, Prize Book. Henry Drury's Arundines Cami

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Fore-edge Painting, Double, Prize Book. Henry Drury's Arundines Cami. Cambridge: Deighton, Bell, & Co., 1860.
Octavo, presented to Francis Champney of Winton College in July 1861, the two fore-edge paintings depicting Caius College from one side, and Cambridge University on the other, red morocco school binding with coats of arms on front and back boards, a.e.g., inner gilt dentelles, rebacked, 6 3/4 x 4 1/2 in.
Estimate $800-1,000


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