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FORE-EDGE PAINTINGS -- [Dr. Samuel Johnson]. Poem

London: W. Bulmer and Co, 1804. 8vo (240 x 170 mm). Title with woodcut decoration, 5 plates after Bewick. Contemporary full brown morocco, spine lettered in gilt with 4 raised bands, a.e.g. Condition: endpapers soiled, ownership signature to title; spine separating at joints, worn. Provenance: Zola E. Harvey library (booklabel). fore-edge portraits of dr. johnson, goldsmith, and the mitre tavern on fleet street.

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