Bookbinding and the Conservation of Books
A Dictionary of Descriptive Terminology

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recto

1. The right-hand page of an open book or manuscript, usually bearing an odd page number. 2. The first side of a printed or ruled sheet as distinct from the VERSO (2) . 3. A term sometimes applied to the outside of the upper cover of a book. (12 , 208 )




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