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Elegant Extracts: Prose — Volume VI Published by John Sharpe, London A gorgeous antique volume bound in full red leather with elaborate gilt tooling and a hidden fore-edge painting that appears when the page edges are fanned. ✨ Hidden painted fore-edge scene depicting an English street/village ✨ Full red leather fine binding ✨ Ornate gilt spine and gilt borders ✨ Engraved frontispiece ✨ Collection of instructive, moral & entertaining passages from eminent prose writers The fore-edge painting is the star of this one — concealed when the book is closed and revealing a wonderfully detailed scene when the pages are fanned. Antique condition with age-related wear, foxing/toning and previous owner’s inscription. Please review photos carefully for condition.