Fore-edge Painting
Fore edge paintings can be found on edges of book pages that are visible when the page edges face the reader. Fore edge painting is an art form that dates as early as 1650, and there are some books that even feature secret fore edge paintings that can only be seen when the pages are fanned in front of the reader, disappearing as the book is fully closed. Some fore edge paintings are subtle and very simple, while others are colorful and quite detailed. Some special and hard to find books even have double fore edge paintings, where the illustration changes depending on the direction of the pages being fanned. Fore edge paintings also served a utility, as the unique paintings made the book identifiable when the book pages were facing outward.
[FORE-EDGE PAINTING]. Memoirs of Marmontel
by MARMONTEL, Jean-Francois
- Used
- Fine
- Condition
- Used - fine
- Seller
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New York, New York
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A$5,412.05A$6.00 shipping to USA
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[DOUBLE FORE-EDGE PAINTING]. Poems
by ROGERS, Samuel
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- near fine
- Condition
- Used - near fine
- Seller
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New York, New York
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A$3,865.75A$6.00 shipping to USA
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Junius. Stat Nominis Umbra.
by [Fore-Edge Painting] Junius [pseud.].
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- Hardcover
- Condition
- Used
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Seller
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Montreux, Switzerland
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A$1,932.88A$28.00 shipping to USA
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(FORE-EDGE PAINTING). [WORKS]. P. VIRGILIUS MARO: IN USUM SCHOLARUM / AD NOVISSIMAM HEYNII EDITIONEM EXACTUS
by VIRGIL
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- Hardcover
- Condition
- Used
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Seller
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McMinnville, Oregon
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A$4,484.27A$14.00 shipping to USA
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The Rule And Exercises Of Holy Dying [With Rare Historical Fore-Edge Painting Of Early View Of Washington Dc From Arlington Heights, Showing Washington Monument Under Construction]
by Taylor, Jeremy
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- near fine
- Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Edition
- 5th or later Edition
- Seller
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Pasadena, California
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A$1,314.36A$7.50 shipping to USA
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Historical Illustrations of the fourth canto of Childe Harold: containing dissertations on the ruins of Rome; and an essay on Italian literature. Second edition, revised and corrected.
by [Fore-edge Painting] HOBHOUSE, John.
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- Hardcover
- Condition
- Used
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Seller
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Montreux, Switzerland
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A$4,638.90A$28.00 shipping to USA
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[Burne-Jones, Edward- Fore-Edge Painting] Poetical Works of John Milton
by Milton, John
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- Hardcover
- Condition
- Used
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Seller
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Seattle, Washington
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A$2,706.02A$35.00 shipping to USA
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Abraham Lincoln.
by [Fore-edge Painting. Signed] [Miss C. B. CURRIE] CHARNWOOD, Godfrey Benson, 1st Baron [Lord] (1864-1945).
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- Hardcover
- Signed
- Condition
- Used
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Seller
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Montreux, Switzerland
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A$10,437.52A$28.00 shipping to USA
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The Holy Bible, containing the Old Testament and the New: translated out of the original tongues, and with the former translations diligently compared and revised, By His Majesty's special Command. [Five volumes].
by [Fore-edge Paintings (5); Bible 1802]
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- Condition
- Used
- Seller
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Montreux, Switzerland
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A$8,891.22A$28.00 shipping to USA
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Sherman; Fighting Prophet.
by [FORE-EDGE PAINTING; CIVIL WAR]. LEWIS, Lloyd.
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- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Used
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Seller
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Montreux, Switzerland
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A$11,597.25A$28.00 shipping to USA
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THE FORSYTE SAGA: Fore-Edge Painting,
by Galsworthy John
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- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Used
- Edition
- First Facsimile Edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Seller
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Vancouver, British Columbia
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A$1,855.56A$45.00 shipping to USA
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["E chi non vede senza meraviglia l’opera di Francesco Marcolini da Forlì?" (G. Vasari, Vite de’ Pittori)]
by Marcolini Francesco
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- Condition
- Used - Very Good+
- Seller
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Milan, Italy
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A$58,747.50A$25.00 shipping to USA
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Historical Illustrations of the Fourth Canto of Childe Harold: containing dissertations on the ruins of Rome; and an essay on Italian Literature. Second edition, revised and corrected.
by [Fore-edge painting] HOBHOUSE, John (1786-1869).
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Used
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Seller
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Montreux, Switzerland
- Item Price
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A$1,237.04A$28.00 shipping to USA
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[Hidden Double Fore-Edge Paintings] In Memoriam. 17th Edition
by {Tennyson, Alfred}
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- near fine
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Edition
- Seventeenth Edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Seller
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Bloomington, Indiana
- Item Price
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A$1,546.30FREE shipping to USA
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Robinson Crusoe. Volumes I. & II.
by Daniel Defoe
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- Fine
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Used - Fine
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Seller
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Scarborough , North Yorkshire
- Item Price
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A$34,217.75A$8.95 shipping to USA