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From: Roger Thijs, Euro-Support, Inc. <roger.thijs at euro-support.be>
Subject: LL-L "Help needed" 2004.02.22 (03) [E]

> From: kcaldwell31 at comcast.net <kcaldwell31 at comcast.net>
> Subject: LL-L "Lexicon" 2004.02.21 (02) [E]
> > 10. Expensive books often have a "colofon"(?) page with credentials.
This
> > page is often at the end.
> I am not sure what you mean.  Do you mean the credentials of the author,
> translator, editor, introduction/foreword writer, etc.?  Or something like
a
> statement about the series or publisher, the typeface and paper used, and
> the binding?  My dictionary does list "colophon" as "1. an inscription
> placed usually at the end of a book, giving facts pertaining to its
> publication 2. a publisher's emblem or trademark placed usually on the
title
> page of a book"  I never knew that!
>
Thanks Kevin for replying.
For my point 10 I meant "meaning 1" you are referring to above.
I presume "colophon page" will do.

Regards,
Roger
PS. I may not be replying for the next two days. I'm at a conference in
Hatfield (Herts) from Monday morning till Tuesday evening.

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