Bookbinding and the Conservation of Books
A Dictionary of Descriptive Terminology

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foliate

To number the leaves of a book instead of the pages. This results in the rectos and versos having the same number, as 1, 1-2, 2-3, 3-4, 4-5, etc. It is a method of numbering commonly found in blankbooks. (274 )




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