The Bookman's Glossary: A Compendium of Information Relating to the Production and Distribution of BooksR.R. Bowker Company, 1925 - 127 lappuses |
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18th century abbreviation Aldus Aldus Manutius allied articles exhibited began with enthusiasm Bible binder book size book-collector was sudden bookmaking BOOKMAN'S GLOSSARY books I began books printed bookseller bound book buckram called Caslon cataloging century coated color commodious quarters copy covers decoration early editions edges editions of authors electrotype England English engraving enlarge its membership examinations of various famous finish folding a sheet folio font formed by folding French FRONT MATTER Giant Water Bugs grain Grolier Club half-tone hand binding illustrations impression Insert intaglio join the club Kelmscott Press Latin leaded two points letters lines Linotype MAJUSCULE manuscripts measuring approximately 19 membership and move Monotype morocco movable type old name ornaments plates pointille printer private press proof publication published pulp R. R. BOWKER sewed sheepskin signatures style surface term tion title-page tooling trade trimmed usually vellum volume woodcut word
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55. lappuse - London, much inhabited by writers of small histories, dictionaries, and temporary poems; whence any mean production is called Grub-street" — , " lexicographer, a writer of dictionaries, a harmless drudge.
47. lappuse - words of art" as he calls them, which Philemon Holland, a voluminous translator at the end of the sixteenth and beginning of the seventeenth century...
73. lappuse - MISSAL. A book containing the service for the celebration of the mass throughout the year. Sometimes loosely used for any book of devotions. Before the invention of printing, the writing of missals was a branch of art which reached a high state of excellence in the monasteries. The books were written upon vellum in the most beautiful style of penmanship, and were adorned with the utmost magnificence. Also called 'Mass book'.
35. lappuse - English language before publication in this country, the deposit in the copyright office, not later than thirty days after its publication abroad, of one complete copy of the foreign edition, with a request for the reservation of the copyright and a statement of the name and nationality of the author and of the copyright proprietor and of the date of publication of the said book...
35. lappuse - Court holds that these statuettes are included in the words "works of art." But may statuettes be granted the monopoly of the copyright? Article I, § 8 of the Constitution grants Congress the power "To promote the Progress of Science and useful Arts, by securing for limited Times to Authors . . . the exclusive Right to their respective Writings . . . ." The power is thus circumscribed: it allows a monopoly to be granted only to "authors
56. lappuse - A print on which the lights and shades of the original photograph, drawing, or painting are reproduced by series of dots almost invisible to the naked eye. These dots supply the printing surface that enables the plate to hold ink successfully and transfer it. The dots are made on the plate by photographing the original through a screen. A screen with very close dots makes for better details in the reproduction but has to be used on a smoother paper.
97. lappuse - ... royalties. — A compensation paid by a publisher to the owner of a copyright for the right to act under it. running head; running title. — The line which appears across the top of a printed page. Usually the title of the book is run on the left-hand page while the chapter title is on the right-hand page. sheets; "in sheets." — Printed pages of a book, either flat or folded, but unbound. English term is "In Quires.
28. lappuse - ... perhaps never been surpassed. After Caslon's death his eldest son, also named William (1720—78), carried on the business successfully. Then followed a period of neglect of nearly fifty years. In 1843 Caslon type was revived by the then firm of Caslon for William Pickering and has since been one of the most widely used of all type designs in English and American printing. THIS BOOK.
38. lappuse - UNCUT. 2. A photograph of which a part of the top, bottom or sides is omitted from its reproduction, in order to bring it into proper proportions for the space it is to occupy. CROPPER. A small printing machine working on the platen principle; so named after the English manufacturer HS Cropper & Co. who produced the 'Minerva...