The fore-edge painting hidden in book is plain sight and invisible at a glance, people must unfold the book to find hidden artwork. The historical books below are from Colleen Theisen and the Special Collections & University Archives at the University of Iowa, which published in the 1800s by Robert Mudie and were titled after the seasons.
The art of fore-edge paintings hidden in books goes back hundreds of years.
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