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  Tuesday  August 1  2006    12: 51 AM

book art

Fore-Edge Painting


A fore-edgE painting is where the page block is fanned and an image applied to the stepped surface. If the page edges are themselves gilded or marbled, this results in the image disappearing when the book is relaxed. When refanned, the painting magically re-appears.


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