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[BINDING -- FORE-EDGE PAINTING]. BRIDGES, Charles, Rev. Exposition of Psalm CXIX. 1851.
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[BINDING -- FORE-EDGE PAINTING]. BRIDGES, Charles, Rev. (1794-1869). Exposition of Psalm CXIX. London: Seeleys, 1851.
8vo. (Front free endpaper detached but present, spotting to flyleaves.) Contemporary dark plum morocco stamped in gilt and in blind, all edges gilt, concealing a FORE-EDGE PAINTING of The Great Exposition held in Hyde Park, London in 1851; morocco-backed folding case. Provenance: Contemporary fore-edge gift inscription dated 1854.