Title page
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The title page of a
The title page is one of the most important parts of the "
The title page often shows the title of the work, the person or body responsible for its intellectual content, and the imprint, which contains the name and address of the book's publisher and its date of publication.
The first printed books, or
The Bulla Cruciatae contra Turcos (1463) is the earliest use of a title on the first page.[3]
Contamination of historic books
In the 19th century, Paris green and similar arsenic pigments were often used on front and back covers, top, fore and bottom edges, title pages, book decorations, and in printed or manual colorations of illustrations of books. Since February 2024, several German libraries started to block public access to their stock of 19th century books to check for the degree of poisoning.[4][5][6][7][8]
See also
- Colophon
- Book design
- Half title
- Printer's key
References
- ^ Gorman, Michael and Paul W. Winkler (eds.), Anglo-American cataloguing rules, 2nd ed., London, Library Association, 1978, 'Glossary', p.571
- ^ OCLC 902053242
- ^ Cole, Garold L. "Historical Development of the Title Page". The Journal of Library History. 6 (1971): 303–316.
- ^ dbv-Kommission Bestandserhaltung (December 2023). "Information zum Umgang mit potentiell gesundheitsschädigenden Pigmentbestandteilen an historischen Bibliotheksbeständen (hier: arsenhaltige Pigmente)" (PDF). www.bibliotheksverband.de (in German). Archived (PDF) from the original on 2024-03-17. Retrieved 2024-03-17. (6 pages)
- Universität Bielefeld. 2024. Archivedfrom the original on 2024-03-11. Retrieved 2024-03-06.
- ^ "Werke aus dem 19. Jahrhundert: Arsenverdacht – Unibibliothek überprüft 15.000 Bücher". www.spiegel.de (in German). 2024-03-06. Archived from the original on 2024-03-17. Retrieved 2024-03-06.
- ^ dbv-Kommission Bestandserhaltung (2024-02-29). "Aktuelles: Information zum Umgang mit potentiell gesundheitsschädigenden Pigmentbestandteilen, wie arsenhaltigen Pigmenten, an historischen Bibliotheksbeständen". www.bibliotheksverband.de (in German). Retrieved 2024-03-06.
- ^ Pilz, Michael (2024-03-04). "Warum von grünen Büchern eine Gefahr ausgeht" [Why green books are dangerous]. Kultur > Arsen. Welt (in German). Archived from the original on 2024-03-04. Retrieved 2024-03-17.
Publications
- Smith, M. M. (2000). The title-page : its early development, 1460-1510. Oak Knoll.
- Gilmont, J.-F, Vanautgaerden, A., Deraedt, F. (2008). La page de titre à la Renaissance : treize études suivies de cinquante-quatre pages de titre commentées et d'un lexique des termes relatifs à la page de titre. Brepols.
External links
- Prints & People: A Social History of Printed Pictures, an exhibition catalog from The Metropolitan Museum of Art (fully available online as PDF), which contains material on title pages
- Glasgow University Library, Special Collections Department, Book of the Month