Fore edge painting with scene of ladies and gentlemen playing golf,

gouache, 17 x 2.2 cm., on the gilt fore edge of a book in 8vo size: Songs, Ballads, and Sacred Songs. By Thomas Moore. London, Longman etc., 1852, (4),284 p., finely bound by Hayday in green morocco ("cross grained Turkey Morocco") with richly gilt back (some wear along edges).

Fine fore-edge painting with a particularly attractive subjec. On the bookbinder James Hayday (1796-1872) ("works bound by Hayday became famous (...)"), see: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Hayday.