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Specimen book linotype faces by Mergenthaler Linotype Company
Typically found on large dictionaries, thumb indexes help readers quickly find the section of the book they need. In the case of this Linotype manual, readers can thumb to a specific typeface.
A Voyage Round the World Performed by Order of His Most Christian Majesty, In the Years 1766, 1767, 1768 and 1769
An alternative to writing the author or title on one of a book's edges is to write or print the information on a folding edge label that is affixed to the front or back board. When unfolded the label covers the edge of the book, as shown in these…
Allegories and visions, for the entertainment and instruction of younger minds, selected from the most eminent authors
An alternative to writing the author or title on one of a book's edges is to write or print the information on a folding edge label that is affixed to the front or back board. When unfolded the label covers the edge of the book, as shown in these…
Marci Fabii Qvintiliani oratoriarum institutionum libri duodecim diligenter emendati
The "T:W" inscribed on the head-edge of the top book are most likely the initials of an early owner of the book.
Plutarchi cheronei Græcorum Romanorumque illustrium vitae
An abbreviated title reading ""Plutarchi Illustri Vitae" or "The lives of the Illustrious Plutarch" appears at the top of this book's fore-edge suggesting that it once rested vertically on a shelf with its fore-edge out.