What is the proper term for printed book sides?

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In german we call it »Schnittverzierungen«. There are different kinds of them, the most common one is »Farbschnitt«, where all sides are colored.

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»Goldschnitt« with ornaments

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You could speak of edge painting or fore-edge painting, or gilt-edged for the golden variant.

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