Definitions for "Fore-edge painting"
A painted decoration to the fore-edge (see also gauffering). Foredge paintings may be double (a different painting appearing according to which way the book is fanned) or single; the foredge may also be concealed beneath gilt.
A small painting, often a landscape, painted on the outer edge of the text block, only visible by fanning the pages slightly.
A form of book decoration popular in the late eighteenth century which displays a painting when the books pages are fanned.