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The Connexion of the Old and New Testament
A view of Jerusalem from the Mount of Olives, an important site in both the Old and New Testaments. The blue-domed building just left of center is the Dome of the Rock.
The Book of Common Prayer
This triptych of Westminster Abbey is a suitable subject for this Book of Common Prayer. Shown in the three panels are: the choir and nave, a view from the Thames, and the south choir aisle.
Manuale tipografico del calaliere Giambattista Bodoni.
Marbled edges adorn the Cary Collection's copy of the enlarged edition of Giambattista Bodoni's Manuale tipografico (1818). Published after his death this type specimen remains a testament to one of history's most influential type designers.
A philosophical enquiry into the origin of our ideas of the sublime and beautiful
This selection of books shows the variety of colors used to stain edges. Books found in the Cary Collection have fore-edges colored in yellow, green, and shades of blue, and even an orangey-pink.
The poetical works of Robert Burns.
This copy of volume 1 of Robert Burns' poetry has a double fore-edge painting. Fan the pages to the left and you will see Struthers Steps, Kilmarnock. Fan the pages to the right and you see the clay cottage where Burns was born in Alloway, Ayrshire,…
The poetical works of Robert Burns.
This copy of volume 1 of Robert Burns' poetry has a double fore-edge painting. Fan the pages to the left and you will see Struthers Steps, Kilmarnock. Fan the pages to the right and you see the clay cottage where Burns was born in Alloway, Ayrshire,…
Poems by the late William Cowper
The fore-edge painting on the Cary Collection's Poems by the late William Cowper show the poet at work in his garden at Orchard Side in Olney, Buckinghamshire, in the company of one of his pet rabbits, either Puss, Tiney, or Bess.
Specimens of the Early English Poets.
Each of the Cary Collection's three volumes of George Ellis' Specimens of the Early English Poets has a fore-edge painting showing a foxhunting scene with some sort of comic mishap. Here a rider has flipped over this horse. Let's hope he wasn't…
The Life of Mrs. Godolphin
A fore-edge painting of Windsor Castle adorns this edition of John Evelyn's biography of Margaret Blagge Godolphin (1652-1678), a courtier in King Charles II court known for her extraordinary beauty.
Edges Signature Image
Photo used as the signature image for the Edges of Books Exhibition.