Fore-edge Painting, Prize Book. The Holy Bible

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Fore-edge Painting, Prize Book. The Holy Bible. London: Eyre & Spottiswoode, 1866.
Large octavo, presented by the Diocesan School in Byculla, India, to George Robottom for religious knowledge at Christmastime, 1868, painting of a bucolic scene with a cathedral, countryside, and cows; bound in full dark green morocco with gilt-tooled panels, some surface rubbing, a.e.g., fore-edge painting with two smudges in the sky, 8 1/2 x 5 1/2 in.
Estimate $300-500


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