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[Fore-edge Paintings]A group of eleven volumes. [18th-19th centuries] Sallustii, C. Crispi. Opera Omnia Excusa ad Editionem Cortii ... London: T. & T. Payne, 1789. 8vo (224 x 140 mm). In later red morocco, gilt spine, boards ruled in gilt, gilt dentelles, marbled endpapers; spine and extremities a bit rubbed, corners bumped, front hinge a little loose. — Goldsmith, Oliver. The Poems of Oliver Goldsmith. London: Printed by T. Bensely, 1800. 8vo (181 x 108 mm). Engraved plates after Wheatley and others; foxing. In 19th-century tan morocco, gilt spine with raised bands in 6 compartments, boards tooled in gilt, gilt dentelles; front hinge a little loose, some light rubbing at extremities. — Goldsmith, Oliver. The Poetical Works. London: Longmans, Green and Co., [ca. 1880]. 8vo (170 x 120 mm). Numerous engraved illustrations; some occasional foxing. Bound by Riviere in full red morocco, gilt spine with raised bands in 6 compartments, boards ruled in gilt, gilt dentelles, marbled endpapers; lightly rubbed at extremities. — Rogers, Samuel. The Pleasures of Memory, With Other Poems. London: Printed by Thomas Benseley, 1801. 8vo (186 x 112 mm). Numerous engraved illustrations; light offsetting from plates. In contemporary black morocco, spine gilt lettered, board ruled in gilt, pink endpapers; hinges cracked but holding, wear to head and tail of spine, front free endpaper detached but present. — Southey, Robert. The Remains of Henry Kirk White ... London: Printed for Wernor, Hood, and Sharpe ... 1811. 2 vols, 8vo (215 x 127 mm). Engraved frontispiece portrait and half-title. In contemporary red morocco, gilt spines with raised bands in 6 compartments, boards paneled in blind and gilt, blue endpapers; hinges a bit loose, some rubbing at extremities, corners lightly bumped. Both volumes housed in a slipcase. — Scott, Walter. The Lord of the Isles; A Poem. Edinburgh: Printed by John Ballantyne and Co. for Archibald Constable and Company, 1815. 8vo (212 x 130 mm). In contemporary black morocco, gilt spine with raised bands in 6 compartments, boards with gilt border; corners exposed, front hinge cracked but holding. — Young, Edward. The Complaint, or Night Thoughts. London: Printed for John Sharpe, 1817. 18mo (165 x 95 mm). Title-page with engraved illustration. Contemporary black morocco, gilt spine with raised bands, boards paneled in gilt, marbled endpapers; rear board detached but present, front hinge a bit loose, loss to head of spine, rubbed at extremities. — Empson, Charles. Narratives of South America ... London: Printed by A.J. Valpy, 1836. 8vo (215 x 130 mm). In full red morocco, gilt spine with raised bands in 5 compartments, boards stamped in gilt and ruled blind, gilt dentelles; upper board nearly detached, rear hinge a little loose, backstrip starting to separate, rubbed at extremities. Housed in a quarter morocco clamshell box. — Gilfillan, George. Young's Night Thoughts. Edinburgh: James Nichol, 1853. 8vo (210 x 133 mm). In contemporary green morocco, gilt spine with raised bands in 6 compartments, gilt dentelles; corners bumped, front hinge cracked but holding. — [Humphreys, Noel, John Gilbert et al]. The Months Illustrated by Pen and Pencil. London: The Religious Tract Society, n.d. 8vo (212 x 146 mm). Numerous illustrations engraved by Butterworth and Heath. In contemporary black calf, spine with raised bands and gilt lettered red morocco label, boards doubly ruled blind and gilt, and stamped with gilt seal, marbled endpapers; front hinge cracked but holding, rubbed at extremities. Eleven volumes, each with attractive fore-edge paintings. Various sizes, various conditions. Sold as group lot, not subject to return. PROVENANCE:Sallustii: Almeric Hugh Paget, 1st Baron Queenborough (bookplate to pastedown) — Rogers: George Lillie Craik — (bookplate to pastedown) — Southey: Joseph Whitaker (armorial bookplate to pastedown), Emily and Joe Lowe (bookplate to front free endpaper)Condition reportCondition as described in catalogu