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51 - Fore-Edge painting.- North America.- Macpherson (James) The Poems of Ossian, 1 vol. (of 2),Âengraved frontispiece, foxing and rippled pages, bookplate to Sarah Caroline Sitwell (1779-1860), hinges starting to crack, contemporary morocco, rubbed and scuffed, g.e., fore-edge painting beneath the gilt of The Narrows, New York, from Fort Hamilton, attributed to the artist Sitwell, (no signature visible), Lackington, Allen, and Co., 1803. § The Holy Bible, containing the Old Testament, and the New,Âlight age toning, tears to first free endpaper, front hinge starting, contemporary morocco, gilt diamond centre ornament to covers, rubbed, rear joint, hinge, endpapers, and spine coming away, g.e., fore-edge painting beneath the gilt of Prescott Gate, Quebec, c.1820, Longman et al., 1814. § Countess of Ségur [Sophie Rostopchine], Les Bons Enfants, illustrated, damp staining, foxing, contemporary morocco-backed binding by David Bryce & Son, g.e., fore-edge painting beneath the gilt of a view of Quebec, Hachette et Cie, Paris, 8vo & 12mo, 1872 (3)

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Fore-Edge painting.- North America.- Macpherson (James) The Poems of Ossian, 1 vol. (of 2),Âengraved frontispiece, foxing and rippled pages, bookplate to Sarah Caroline Sitwell (1779-1860), hinges starting to crack, contemporary morocco, rubbed and scuffed, g.e., fore-edge painting beneath the gilt of The Narrows, New York, from Fort Hamilton, attributed to the artist Sitwell, (no signature visible), Lackington, Allen, and Co., 1803. § The Holy Bible, containing the Old Testament, and the New,Âlight age toning, tears to first free endpaper, front hinge starting, contemporary morocco, gilt diamond centre ornament to covers, rubbed, rear joint, hinge, endpapers, and spine coming away, g.e., fore-edge painting beneath the gilt of Prescott Gate, Quebec, c.1820, Longman et al., 1814. § Countess of Ségur [Sophie Rostopchine], Les Bons Enfants, illustrated, damp staining, foxing, contemporary morocco-backed binding by David Bryce & Son, g.e., fore-edge painting beneath the gilt of a view of Quebec, Hachette et Cie, Paris, 8vo & 12mo, 1872 (3)