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A statement at the end or start of a book naming who made it.
Also known as: Publisher's device, Printer's note
A colophon records who printed a book, where, when and sometimes in what type. In early printing it did the job a title page now does, and in modern fine printing it survives as a statement about the typeface and the paper.
States who produced a book, where and when, placed at the end in early printing and often at the front in modern books.
Contexts: History
Preceded the title page as the place a book identified itself, which is why the earliest printed books carry their publication details at the back.
Contexts: History
Survives in fine printing as a note on the typeface, paper and press, and in publishing as the small emblem identifying the house.
Contexts: History
A short block of printed letters at the end of a book, sometimes beside a small emblem or figure.