"The Works of William Shakespeare" Vols. I, II & XII. London: Frederick Warne & Co. The Bedford pocket-size edition (ca. 1890)

These three volumes from a set of twelve have been adorned with fore-edge paintings. The fore-edge is the outside edge that a reader would use to thumb through the pages. In order to view the painting, the leaves of the book must be fanned, exposing the edges of the pages and thereby the painting.

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