Bookbinding and the Conservation of Books
A Dictionary of Descriptive Terminology

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preliminary leaf

Any leaf preceding the text of the book, whether numbered (often with Roman numerals) or not. Many times a preliminary leaf will be blank, although it is a part of the first gathering of the book as issued.




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