Cool! I'm a librarian who manages rare books at an art school, and we have a fore-edge painting in a 1792 edition of Burke's Reflections on the Revolution in France, but the fore-edge painting was done in the 20th century by a British illustrator, Helen Riviere Haywood. Our students love it!
Wonderful! Packed with lots of good information. And, of course, there are double fore-edge paintings, but perhaps that's another story for another day.
Hi! I love your videos! Would you please consider doing a video on how to identify editions/print runs for books-particularly older books? Or how to interpret a copyright page? Thank you and keep up the great work! 🙂 📚
That was so cool. So glad I stumbled across you. Am a subscriber now. Out of interest is that necklace a bone carving from Aotearoa / New Zealand? I 'm a kiwi.
That Clara Brooksbank painting though... WOW! This makes me miss my favourite local bookseller, even though their wares are a bit more humble for the most part. Side note: I noticed two Daruma dolls, and is that a Maori _koru_ motif pendant I see?
Ah, it's my dream to walk into a local bookseller and find an undiscovered hidden fore-edge painting... that's the only way I would be able to afford one 😂 Yes and yes to the daruma and koru! My kiwi friends, one of whom is Maori, gave me the koru, I wear it every day!
Interestingly, it had to do with theft prevention! Before around the 16th century, books were very expensive to produce, and were therefore expensive to buy; so expensive that libraries chained them to the shelves! It was difficult to securely attach a chain to the spine of the book--attaching a chain to the edge of a strong board was much easier. But this meant that the edges had to face out, otherwise the chain would be wrapped around the book on the shelf! Hence, fore-edge titles :)
Loved this. Thanx for the amazing info. We recently found out there was such a thing as fore edge painting and we had fun exploring this.
Cool! I'm a librarian who manages rare books at an art school, and we have a fore-edge painting in a 1792 edition of Burke's Reflections on the Revolution in France, but the fore-edge painting was done in the 20th century by a British illustrator, Helen Riviere Haywood. Our students love it!
I'm mesmerized by the beauty and novelty of these paintings...while also trying to read the names of your books over your shoulder.
Bite Sized Book History videos is a brilliant idea, love it! So well done.
Wow - I learned about something fabulous and beautiful from my amazing student!! Wonderful to see you Alexandra, and I look forward to more!
Awesome! That was really interesting. I didn’t know they had presses that would hold the pages fanned out like that.
Wonderful! Packed with lots of good information. And, of course, there are double fore-edge paintings, but perhaps that's another story for another day.
Fantastic, Allie!!!
This was so interesting...and so well presented!! Especially loved all the visuals. Can’t wait for the next one!
Hello, new to your channel. I’m binge watching. This is so very informative. TFS ❤
YES PLEASE! So glad you started a TH-cam
That was so interesting and fun. I can't wait for more. Thanks.
Hi! I love your videos! Would you please consider doing a video on how to identify editions/print runs for books-particularly older books? Or how to interpret a copyright page? Thank you and keep up the great work! 🙂 📚
Lovely idea, more please!
Beautiful!!
Is watercolor the paint being used?
ahh super interesting! thank you so much for making these
Really fun subject!
That was so cool. So glad I stumbled across you. Am a subscriber now. Out of interest is that necklace a bone carving from Aotearoa / New Zealand? I 'm a kiwi.
Just saw below that it is a koru necklace.
Fun. Thank you. By the way, Ed Ruscha pronounces his last name Rushay. Look forward to more ahead!
Yes, you're the second person to point that out 😭 We must keep this a secret and not let the modernists find this video, hehe!
That Clara Brooksbank painting though... WOW! This makes me miss my favourite local bookseller, even though their wares are a bit more humble for the most part.
Side note: I noticed two Daruma dolls, and is that a Maori _koru_ motif pendant I see?
Ah, it's my dream to walk into a local bookseller and find an undiscovered hidden fore-edge painting... that's the only way I would be able to afford one 😂
Yes and yes to the daruma and koru! My kiwi friends, one of whom is Maori, gave me the koru, I wear it every day!
@@BookHistoria you would be surprised... I found a nice hidden fore edge painting book on Ebay for $60 once. You just gotta keep your eyes open
Loved this. Is there a resource that lists books that have fore-edge paintings?
So I'm curious. You said that books were shelved with the pages facing out. Can you tell us why that was done? Thank you, this was wonderful!
Interestingly, it had to do with theft prevention! Before around the 16th century, books were very expensive to produce, and were therefore expensive to buy; so expensive that libraries chained them to the shelves! It was difficult to securely attach a chain to the spine of the book--attaching a chain to the edge of a strong board was much easier. But this meant that the edges had to face out, otherwise the chain would be wrapped around the book on the shelf! Hence, fore-edge titles :)
Hi, check this out. I loved it . www.bbc.com/culture/article/20180706-the-ancient-library-where-the-books-are-under-lock-and-key
Thanks God! I need this chanel: love it. Waiting for more 🔥🔥🔥🔥
Wonderful and good luck with future posts. Look forward to them.
Here another link for the resource list. surface.syr.edu/libassoc/285/
Thanks for the comment and link! ♥