Fore-Edge Painting: A Historical Survey of a Curious Art in Book Decoration

xiii, [3], 223, [1] pp. 8vo. A historical account of the art of fore-edge painting, by the Curator of Rare Books at Colby College, which he wrote after undergoing a great deal of research related to a collection of books the college received as a donation. 35 color and black & white illustrations of numerous examples of the art.