I had not noticed this but I agree with Paolo.

Clicking on the select button of any type, not just edges, brings back all hidden objects assigned to that browser button. So there is no way to hide all the red objects then select all the edges of the currently visible objects. The edges of the hidden objects pop back in again, defeating the point of hiding the object in the first place :-(

It's like the select button is tied to the make visible function as well as select.

This could be very aggravating if you've carefully hidden a bunch of stuff with the standard hide command, then accidentally click on a browser button and bring them all back.