The Book of Common Prayer, and Administration of the Sacraments, and Other Rites and Ceremonies of the Church According to the Use of the Church of England
Publisher: Cambridge University, Cambridge, 1762 (John Baskerville)
Printer: John Baskerville, Cambridge
Author: Church of England
Date: 1762
Dimensions:
book: 9 1/2 x 6 x 1 15/16 in. (241 x 152 x 50mm)
page: 9 1/16 x 5 3/4 in. (230 x 146mm)
Medium: Original painting: watercolor fore-edge painting
Text: letterpress
Paper: cream laid paper
Place of Origin: England (Cambridge)
Classification: Books
Object number: 1926.152
Label Text:The fore-edge is the edge of this book opposite the spine. The practice of decorating the fore-edge of books was popular in the late eighteenth and nineteenth century. The painting on the fore-edge is most visible when the leaves are fanned out. The edges of the pages are usually gilded (or marbled) so that the closed book shows no trace whatever of the painting. This decorating gimmick, is intended to adorn the book object without direct regard to relating to the book's content has a playful now-you-see-it/now-you-don't character. Often the artist of the fore-edging is not known. This is a fine example of fore-edge painting.
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