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fore edge painting

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How to Read a Book, with a Fore Edge Painting
by taznart( 1159)
I know that some collectors value their books as works of art, wrap them in protectors or boxes and store them away from sunlight in closed bookshelves. I was always brought up to believe that books must be...
Tags: Fore edge | painted book | fore edge painting | antiquarian | collectible
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Unsigned Fore Edge Paintings
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After the revival of the art of fore edge painting in the 18th Century by bookbinders like James Edward of Halifax and John Whitaker, this treatment of books became very popular. At the time book collecting...
Tags: Fore Edge | Antiquarian | Book Collecting | Edge Decoration | For Edge
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Fore Edge Paintings
by taznart( 1159)
The practise of storing books flat on the shelves in medieval times probably gave rise to the decoration of the closed book's fore edges as a quick visual method of identifying the volumes. From the Sixteenth...
Tags: fore edge | edge decoration | for edge | antiquarian | book collecting
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