https://en.fishki.net/tag/secret-paintings/ Fishki.net - Сайт хорошего настроения ru-ru 60 Wed, 08 Apr 2026 15:38:59 +0300 Wed, 08 Apr 2026 15:38:59 +0300 While most of us know that some of the greatest treasures can be found in books, turns out that sometimes they also appear on the fore-edges of the pages. Recently Colleen Theisen shared a gif she made, showing an amazing example of fore-edge painting on the side of the book from 1873. The painting was found on the edge of Robert Mudie’s book Autumn at the Special Collections & University Archives at the University of Iowa. Fore-edge painting dates back to 1650′s, and is a technique when a picture is drawn on the edge of the book pages. Sometimes the image can be seen when the book is closed, sometimes the pages have to be slightly fanned out. <br/><br/><img src="https://tn.fishki.net/26/preview/1229915.jpg"/> Tue, 03 Sep 2013 10:17:12 +0400 https://en.fishki.net/post/1229915/ https://en.fishki.net/cool/1229915-hidden-19th-century-fore-edge-paintings-found-on-the-pages-of-a-book.html