Title:  The Princess, A Medley 
Author:  Alfred, Lord Tennyson
 
Decorated with a beautiful "vanishing" (hidden) fore-edge painting of the Windsor Castle.  

Published by Edward Moxon & Co. Dover Street, London, 1866
 
PLEASE READ DESCRIPTION CAREFULLY AND PLEASE SEE PICTURES ABOVE. ALSO, NOTE THAT COLORS MIGHT DIFFER ON ANY COMPUTER / PHONE. THANK YOU! 
 
Format: Hardcover
Book condition:  Used - Near Fine to Fine.  Ex-Libris G.H.W. Lockhart Ross (Clan Ross)  Pages are clean, with secure binding.
Cover:   Near Fine (Good).  Attractively bound with ornate gilt decorations on the boards, spines, and dentelles (borders on the inner edge of the book).  The edges of the spines are lightly rubbed. 
Light wear and some scratches to front cover. (PLEASE SEE IMAGES) Slightly bumped corners, rubbed extremities. 
 
One of Tennyson’s best-known works, with such famous lyrics as “Now sleeps the crimson petal, now the white,” and “Tears, idle tears”.  But what makes this very attractive copy even more special is that behind the gilt edges, a beautiful vanishing fore-edge painting of Windsor Castle can be discovered.   

"What makes a fore-edge painting intriguing is that it completely disappears when the book is closed. When the pages of a book are fanned back in such a way, a painting is revealed; otherwise, there is no evidence of the painting. It is for this reason these paintings are referred to as a “disappearing painting” or a “curious art form." 

It is truly a rare find.      
 
Publisher:  Edward Moxon & Co., 1866 
 
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