Welcome to Short Takes, where we take a couple of minutes to show you something interesting we found in the stacks! In this episode, we will show you some books with a hidden feature: painted fore-edges.
Script & narration by Ikumi Crocoll. Video by David Eng.
Books featured in this video:
Letters on the Improvement of the Mind https://search.library.ucla.edu/perma…
Les Pseaumes de David https://search.library.ucla.edu/perma…
Paul and Virginia https://search.library.ucla.edu/perma…
In Memoriam https://search.library.ucla.edu/perma…
My Beautiful Lady https://search.library.ucla.edu/perma…
Coelebs the Younger in Search of a Wife https://search.library.ucla.edu/perma…
The Book of Common Prayer (Courtesy of the the British Library) https://www.bl.uk/catalogues/bookbindings/LargeImage.aspx?RecordId=020-000012604&ImageId=ImageId=45907&Copyright=BL
The Castle of Otranto (Courtesy of the the British Library) https://www.bl.uk/catalogues/bookbindings/LargeImage.aspx?RecordId=020-000001388&ImageId=ImageId=40299&Copyright=BL