Stilwell, Katharine Marian · Chicago, New York, Rand, McNally & Company · leaf 114
page as the unit of the book and place the typemass in the middle of the page. As a result ofthis practice the binding edge appears wider thanthe fore edge, and the top margin wider than thebottom one. From the time books took their present form,about the fourth century, until the sixteenthcentury,… … Fig. 38. To show open page as a unit. From Aldine Press, 1522 ing edge, increased the width at the top, made thewidth of the side margins still greater, and gavethe tail the widest margin of all (Figs. 38, 39).It is said that this was done because the book ishandled at the sides and the bottom and…
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