jan 1, 1463 - Title Pages

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Before Pete Schoeffer printed the Title page separately and put it at the beginning of the book, the traditional place for publishing information on a book was a colophon. The practice was not fully established until the 16th century when they becaeme more decorative and illustrated.

(S. Modrow, Class Lecture, Week 3, 2025.)

Galbraith, S. K. (2020). A Brief History of the Book: From Tablet to Tablet (pp. 85). Bloomsbury Publishing.

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