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Allegories and visions, for the entertainment and instruction of younger minds, selected from the most eminent authors
An alternative to writing the author or title on one of a book's edges is to write or print the information on a folding edge label that is affixed to the front or back board. When unfolded the label covers the edge of the book, as shown in these…
A Voyage Round the World Performed by Order of His Most Christian Majesty, In the Years 1766, 1767, 1768 and 1769
An alternative to writing the author or title on one of a book's edges is to write or print the information on a folding edge label that is affixed to the front or back board. When unfolded the label covers the edge of the book, as shown in these…
The Book of Common Prayer
These gauffered edges adorn papier ma?he binding specimens found in the Bernard C. Middleton Collection at the Cary Collection. The silk bookmarks read "Faith Hope and Charity", "No Cross No Crown" and "The Truth Shall Make Us Free."
The Holy Bible: containing the Old and New Testaments
These gauffered edges adorn papier ma?he binding specimens found in the Bernard C. Middleton Collection at the Cary Collection. The silk bookmarks read "Faith Hope and Charity", "No Cross No Crown" and "The Truth Shall Make Us Free."
Arte de escribir por reglas y con muestras, segun la doctrina de los mejores autores antiguos y modernos, extrangeros y nacionales
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.
Ovidii Nasonis Operum tomus tertius
An early owner of these 17th century editions of Ovid's works had them bound in vellum with overhanging edges that protect the fore-edges.
Nicolai Heinsii D. F. notae in Metamorphoses P. Ovidii Nasonis.
An early owner of these 17th century editions of Ovid's works had them bound in vellum with overhanging edges that protect the fore-edges.
Nicolai Heinsii D. F. notae in Heroïdas P. Ovidii Nasonis
An early owner of these 17th century editions of Ovid's works had them bound in vellum with overhanging edges that protect the fore-edges.
Nicolai Heinsii D. F. notae in sex libros Fastorum P. Ovidii Nasonis.
An early owner of these 17th century editions of Ovid's works had them bound in vellum with overhanging edges that protect the fore-edges.
Friendship's offering
This book's wintery theme is augmented with a winter scene painted on its fore-edge. The lines seen on the fore-edge are caused by the engraved illustrations inserted into the book.