The Dictionary of the Book -a glossary for collectors and others.

This is the definitive glossary of the book, offering readers all the terms they will need for thorough understanding of how books are made, the materials they are made of, and how they are described in the bookselling, book collecting, and library worlds. Every key term --- over 1,300 different words --- that could be used in booksellers' catalogs, library records, and collectors' descriptions of their holdings is represented in this dictionary. This authoritative sources covers all areas of book knowledge: \u00B7the book as physical object, \u00B7typeface terminology, \u00B7paper, \u00B7printing, \u00B7book collecting, \u00B7book design, \u00B7bibliography, \u00B7calligraphy, \u00B7the language of manuscripts, \u00B7writing implements, \u00B7librarianship, \u00B7legal issues, \u00B7the parts of a book, and much more. The definitions are supplemented by more than 100 illustrations showing the book as a physical object: parts of books, kinds of illustrations, kinds of printing techni.