Video Item of the Month: Fore-Edge Paintings

McCain Library & Archives owns two examples of fore-edge paintings – Poetical Works of Sir Walter Scott (PR5305 .E57) and The Oriental Annual, 1840 (DS412 .B33 1840). If you are interested in viewing these items, visit the 3rd floor of McCain Library or contact Jennifer Brannock at Jennifer.Brannock@usm.edu or  601.266.4347.

For more information on fore-edge painting…

Weber, Carl Jefferson. Fore-edge painting; a historical survey of a curious art in book decoration . Irvington-on-Hudson : Harvey House, 1966. (Cook Library ND2370 .W37)

Weber, Carl Jefferson. A thousand and one fore-edge paintings, with notes on the artists, bookbinders, publishers, and other men and women connected with the history of a curious art . Waterville : Colby College Press, 1949. (Cook Library ND2370 .W4)