- Bookseller: Argosy Book Store
- Seller Inventory #: 27616
- Format: Hardcover
- Binding: Hardcover
Book Description
hardcover. Hors-Serie. Profusely illus., many color plates, some mounted, some folding. 200 unnumbered leaves. 4to, cloth, d.w. Paris, 1957. An annual publication of the French printing industry, with reproductions of its varied output.
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leaves : When used to refer to a part of a book means the book's pages.
plates : Full page illustrations or photographs. Plates are printed separately from the text of the book, and bound in at production. I.e., they are not sewn as parts of gatherings.
4to : Or quarto. A term used generally to describe the approximate size of a book, a book that is about 10" to 12" tall and roughly squarish in shape. The term is based on the size of paper traditionally used by book printers which has been folded and cut into 16 pages.
Cloth : Generally refers to a hardcover with cloth covering the outside of the book covers.
