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The Jargon of Master Francois Villon by [Villon, Francois]
Description
Cambridge:: The Riverside Press,, 1918. 8vo,. full red morocco with double gilt rule borders, enclosing a thick floral gilt border, pointelle border and scroll palmette border, gilt decorated spine compartments and gilt palmette design dentelle. Chip to head of spine, front hinge cracked and starting, light offsetting to endpapers, otherwise good. Limited to 350 numbered copies.
spine : The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf. Also known as the back.
gilt : Decorative patterns imbedded into the affected portion of a book. Often appears on the boards or the spine, and may be very simple, to elegant, to ludicrous.
cracked : In reference to a hinge or a book's binding, means that the glue which holds the opposing leaves has allowed them to separate, revealing the stitching or binding underneath.
8vo : Short for Octavo, A book whose page size is approximately 8-10 inches tall. The size is based on a sheet of paper 25 inches by 38 inches, the size of paper traditionally used by book printers, which has been folded and cut into 16 pages..
Unfortunately often misunderstood to mean 8 volumes.
hinge : The portion of a book near the spine that is intended to flex to allow the book to open.
endpapers : The first and last two pages (verso and recto) from the front and back of a book.
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