Gilt marbled fore-edge of the Catholicon. The marbling is very subtle in this view.
A verso of a leaf in the Catholicon, with more visible marbling on the fore-edge.
#ForeedgeFriday or #MarbledMonday? It's the end of our first week back in the office and we're still trying to figure out what day it is!
The mid-18th century French binding of the @illinoisrbml.bsky.social Catholicon (1469) features gilt marbled edges.
Title woodcut of Spanish writing manual published in Madrid, with green and reddish sections of the armorial frame picked out, awkwardly, especially the green heads of the pinkish nude figures at the top.
Detail of the gilded lower edge of a book with the words "Arte de scrivir de Fray Lucas".... written on it.
Art of Writing (Not Painting)!
1580 manual from Madrid by writing master Francisco Lucas with some (ahem) decorative flourishes and a fabulous fore-edge inscription!
#NewberryLibrary (Wing ZW 540 .L96 #ForeedgeFriday
Leatherbound book with spine compartments and headbands missing, peeking out from between two others on the shelf
Book turned around, revealing a foreedge title: "Zanchius de 3 Elohin"
Resisting the urge to turn ALL the books with fore-edge titles around...
#ForeedgeFriday at #NewberryLibrary #shelfie
The image shows the cover of the book, its title page and the fore edge art.
Today's #ForeEdgeFriday post comes from Mark Armstrong, the JCB's Research and Reference Librarian.
Trattato della sphera, nel quale si dimostrano, & insegnano i principii della astrologia
Sacro Bosco, Joannes de.
Impresso in Venetia; Nel. M.D.XLIII. 1543.
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Fore edge of book with a nature scene painted on the side.
Image of the names of the people who bound the book (Taylor and Hessey).
Inside of the book with floral details.
The cover of the book is black with gold.
Excited to share images of this gorgeous book today for #foreedgefriday!
Source:
Gray, Thomas. The Poems of Gray. Adorned with Plates. London: Printed by T. Bensley, Bolt Court, Fleet Street, for F.J. Du Roveray, Great St. Helens, 1800. Print.
#foreedge #foreedgepainting #rarebooks #library
