Catholic University of America
School of Library and Information Science
LSC 601: History of the Book
Summer 2004

Book Anatomy/Quiz 2 Study Guide

Be able to identify the parts of the book, and the following terms from the handpress era.  See Carter, "ABC For Book Collectors"; Clement (http://www.ukans.edu/~bookhist/glossary.html); Conservation OnLine via Stamford (http://palimpsest.stanford.edu/don/don.html).

head
tail
fore edge
spine
hinge
joint
head band
paste down endpaper
free endpaper
half title
frontispiece
title page
copyright page
signature mark
colophon
catchword
printers mark		 raised bands
leaf
page
recto
verso
half bound
quarter bound
incubula (incunabulum/incunable)
laid paper
chain lines
stuff
wove paper
vatman
coucher
post
deckle
watermark

matrix
punch
forme
chase
furniture
quoins
composition
composing stick
imposition
tympan
frisket
B42/B36
intaglio
relief
folio
quarto
octavo



Anatomy of a Book


a. Head


b. Fore edge


c. Tail


d. Spine


d1. Quarter bound
(quarter binding)


e. Joint


f. Printer's mark
g. Paste down endpaper


h. Free endpaper (sometimes, "flyleaf")


h1. Hinge
i. Half-title


j. Frontispiece


k. Title page
l. Copyright page  (also, verso of the Title page)





m.  Signature mark


n. Colophon





o. Half bound
(half binding)

p. Head band
q. Raised bands