The poetical works of Percy Bysshe Shelley. With fore-edge painting (fanned to the right) of St. Peter's Basilica and Castel Sant'Angelo in Rome — Source

The Royal Kalendar, and Court and City Register, for England, Scotland, Ireland, and the Colonies, for the year 1849. London, n.d. Fore edge painting of Stonehenge (fanned to the right) — Source

Robertson, David. A Tour through the Isle of Man, to which is subjoined a Review of the Manks History. London, E. Hodson, 1794. With a finely executed fore-edge painting (fanned to the right) of a rural scene in the neighborhood of Milton Constable, Norfolk — Source

The Holy Bible, containing the Old and New Testaments: translated out of the original tongues; and with the former translations diligently compared and revised, by his Majesty's special command. Appointed to be read in churches. Edinburgh, Printed by Sir D. H. Blair and J. Bruce, 1803. A finely executed fore-edge painting appears on each volume. Both are skillfully done copies of famous religious paintings, the first volume bearing 'The Annunciation', after Fra Lippo Lippi, and the second, featured here, 'The Last Supper' after Leonardo da Vinci (fanned to the right) — Source

The Holy Bible; ornamented with engravings by James Fittler from celebrated pictures by old masters. The letter press by Thomas Bensley. London, published by R. Bowyer and J. Fittler, 1795. With a large watercolor painting concealed under the gilt of each fore-edge (fanned to the right), that on the first volume being a representation of Adam and Eve, feature here, and that on the second volume a view of the Mount of Olives from the slopes of Zion. — Source

Scott, Walter. Rokeby; a poem. 4th ed. Edinburgh, Printed by James Ballantyne and Co., 1813. With a finely executed painting of Barnard Castle on the fore-edge (fanned to the right) — Source

Tasso, Torquato. Jerusalem Delivered: an Heroic Poem, volume 1, translated from the Italian of Torquato Tasso, by John Hoole. London, 1797. Beneath the gilt fore-edges of each volume are fine detailed painting (fanned to the right). The one on volume I (pictured here) is divided into three parts depicting Trojans Arch, Ancona, Tasso in Prison and the Bridge of Sighs. Volume II is divided into two parts: Genoa and Venice — Source

Maurice, Thomas. The Modern History of Hindostan, comprehending that of the Greek Empire of Bactria, and other great Asiatic kingdomns bordering on its western frontier ... Vol. I London, W. Bulmer, 1802.. With a very fine fore-edge painting depicting a series of Hindu temples situated on the bank of a river, with the domes and minarets of a Mohammedan mosque in the distance (fanned to the right) — Source

Moriae ecnomium. With a fore-edge painting (fanned to the right) beneath a gilt of decorative cherubs painted by Martin Frost — Source

Pitt, William. The Speeches of the Right Honorable William Pitt, in the House of Commons, volume 2. 2nd edition. London, 1808. With a remarkable fine series of fore edge paintings appearing on the edges (fanned to the right) of the three volumes. Each volume bears a double fore edge painting making six in all. Each of the six paintings is divided into three parts, consisting of a central scene or view with a portrait on either side. There are in all nineteen separate subjects, one of the paintings having an extra portrait above the central scene. This volume with George Washington and Benjamin Franklin flanking a depiction of a house — Source

Songs of the Chace, &c; containing an extensive collection relative to the sports of the field, including the several subjects of hunting, shooting, racing, coursing, angling, hawking, &c, &c. Second edition. London, Printed for Sherwood, Neely, & Jones, 1811. On the fore-edge (fanned to the right) appears a painting depicting the finish of a horse race, a fine example of a sporting fore-edge painting on a book bound by the famous Thomas Gosden, who specialized in designing appropriate bindings for books on sports. — Source

Montgomery, James. The World before the Flood, a poem. 5th ed. London, 1819. The fore edge painting (fanned to the right) on this volume is somewhat unusual and exceptionally interesting. It depicts a scene in the days when men lived in caves, showing the male members of a family, with stone clubs, preparing to defend themselves against a mammoth and several other animals while the women and children hide in the entrance to their cave home — Source

Select British Poets. Vol. I, The Poetical Works of John Milton; London, Jones & Co., 1825. With a painting concealed under the gilt of the fore edge (fanned to the right) of Stoke Poges, with Thomas Gray's tomb in Stoke Park — Source

Cowper, William. Poems, by William Cowper of the Inner Temple, Esq. A New edition with head and tail-pieces. London, 1808. A well executed rural scene appears on the fore edge of each volume. On the first volume (fanned to the left) is depicted a ruined church standing by a lake, on the second a lake with a farm building and church tower, visible at the right and a man fishing at left — Source

Bewick, Thomas. A general history of the quadrupeds; the figures engraved on wood. Sixth edition. Newcastle upon Tyne, Edward Walker, 1811. With hunting scene of sportman and his dog painted on the fore-edge (fanned to the right) — Source

The heavens : an illustrated handbook of popular astronomy, Publisher: London : R. Bentley, 1867. With fore-edge painting (fanned to the right) of Cambridge, Massachusetts observatory as viewed from across the Charles River — Source

A rationale upon the book of common prayer of the Church of England; fore-edge of a float decoration (fanned to the left) — Source

The Poetical Works of Thomas Campbell; consisting of the Pleasures of Hope, Gertrude of Wyoming, and other poems. Paris, Printed for Baudry, 1825. On the fore edge beneath the gilt (fanned to the right) is an interesting and unusual painting. It is a scene illustrating 'Gertrude of Wyoming.' This is within an oval bordered with flowers. To the left is a portrait of the author within a circle bordered with thistles — Source

The Speeches of the Right Honorable William Pitt, in the House of Commons. 2nd edition. London, 1808. A remarkable fine series of fore edge paintings appear on the edges of the three volumes. Each volume bears a double fore edge painting (fanned to the left) making six in all. Each of the six paintings is divided into three parts, consisting of a central scene or view with a portrait on either side. There are in all nineteen separate subjects, one of the paintings having an extra portrait above the central scene. Here pictured Napoleon — Source

Letters of Lady Rachel Russell ... and the Trial of Lord William Russell for High Treason. 6th ed. Edited by Thomas Sellwood. London, Printed for J. Mawman, 1801. A fine example of Edwards binding in his characteristic style and in excellent state of preservation despite some repairs to outer joints. The fore edge painting (fanned to the right), a beautiful specimen of Edwards' artistic skill, pictures Harewood House and the surrounding countryside — Source

Hudibras. With annotations and preface by Zachary Grey, volume two. London, Printed by T. Bensley, 1799. With a well executed painting on the fore edge (fanned to the right) representing Hudibras paying court to his lady — Source

Chalmers, Thomas. Sermons, preached in the Tron Church, Glasgow. Glasgow, Printed at the University Press for John Smith, etc., 1819. The fore-edge painting (fanned to the right) is a view of New York City, showing Broadway and the City Hall in the 1820's. A very interesting and unusual subject, American scenes depicted in fore-edge paintings being quite rare — Source

Hans Sachsens ausgewahlte werke. Man working in a shop (bottom edge) — Source. Man playing the violin (fore-edge, not fanned) — Source. Animals near a tree (bottom edge) — Source.