Lovely Hidden Paintings Adorned the Edges of Historic Books - Atlas Obscura

While you don’t see them very often these days, fore-edge paintings were once some of the loveliest book illustrations around. Literally, they were around

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Lovely Hidden Paintings Adorned the Edges of Historic Books

An Explorer's Guide to the World's Hidden Wonders, 2nd Edition

Fore-edge painting - Wikipedia

Fore-edge painting - Wikipedia

An Explorer's Guide to the World's Hidden Wonders, 2nd Edition

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Hidden Arbor - Limited Edition Canvas – Thomas Kinkade Studios

The Project Gutenberg eBook of An Illustrated Dictionary of Words