colophon
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brief statement of a book's own information, such as publisher, location, and date of publication
Wikidata facts
- Subclass of
- paratext
- Part of
- publication
- Image
- Colophon from the manuscript of "Gulistan" by Sa'di copied by Sultan Ali Mashadi (LTS1995.2.30, ff. 78v-79r).jpg
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- described by source
- Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition
- Commons category
- Colophons
- equivalent class
- purl.org/spar/doco/Colophon
- P8168
- Agia Eirini
- P13411
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Encyclopedic overview
A colophon printed in 1471 Against War by Erasmus, printed by the Merrymount Press, Boston, Massachusetts, 1907 Colophon of the Dutch translation of Africa Is Not a Country printed in 2022
In publishing, a colophon (/ˈkɒləfən, -fɒn/) is a brief statement containing information about the publication of a book such as an "imprint" (the place of publication, the publisher, ISBN and the date of publication).
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