Rare Maps
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Glossary of Terms for Collectors of Rare Maps, Atlases, Books, Globes and other related Scientific Objects.
A page that precedes the title page and the text, with the title (often abbreviated) usually centred on the page. Danish: Smudstitel Band of silk or cotton affixed to signatures when bound for strength or, more often, decoration of the spine. French: Headband The inside portion of the flexible area where book cover meets the book spine; often used interchangeably with the term joint, which should be used to designate the outside or exterior portion of the "hinge". A volume that has received heavy or rough use often has cracked or broken hinges. Danish: Fals (på bogbind) Anything handwritten entirely by the writer; i.e. a letter written entirely in the handwriting of the correspondent is a holograph of that person.
Glossary
H
Half title
Half title
Dutch: Franse titel, voortitel
French: Faux-titre
German: Schmutztitel
Italian: Occhiello, occhietto
Spanish: Anteportada
Swedish: Smutstitel
Headband
Headband
German: Kapitalband
Hinge
Hinge
Dutch: Scharnier (-versterking)
French: Charnière
German: Gelenk (innen)
Italian: Cerniera
Spanish: Charnela, bisagra
Swedish: Fals (på bokpärm)
Holograph
Holograph
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