Bookbinding and the Conservation of Books
A Dictionary of Descriptive Terminology

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bookmark

1. See: REGISTER . 2. Any printed or woven paper or other material, an inch or 2 wide and usually 4 or more inches in length, used in marking a place in a closed book for future reference. Bookmarks are frequently decorative, carrying advertisements or commemorative illustrations.




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