The Fore-edge Painting Revealed

Show two close views of the same old book on a conservation bench. In the first the page block is shut and its gilded fore-edge appears plain. In the second a padded cradle holds the book while the pages are fanned slightly, revealing a small painted bridge distributed across the slanted edges. Keep the spine on the same side in both views and make clear that the painting is on the page edges rather than the cover.

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