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paste-down|ˈpeɪstdaʊn|
[f. paste v. 5 + down adv. 1.]
In modern bindings, that part of the end-paper which is pasted to the inside of the cover of a book; in earlier bindings, a piece of paper or parchment used as a lining inside a cover.
1888C. T. Jacobi Printers' Vocab. 97 Paste-downs, the blank flyleaves, sometimes coloured, at either end of a book which are pasted down on the covers. 1901D. Cockerell Bookbinding xvii. 254 One of the paste-down papers is then stretched over the board. Ibid. 256 All rubbing down must be done through paper, or the ‘paste-down’ will be soiled. 1934Yorkshire Archæol. Jrnl. XXXI. 338 The paste-down and recto of the fly-leaf are blank. 1954N. R. Ker (title) Fragments of medieval manuscripts used as pastedowns in Oxford bindings. 1963Times 11 June 5/7 A collection of leaves and fragments from manuscripts..which had been used as pastedowns in later bindings went to Quaritch. 1972P. Gaskell New Introd. Bibliogr. 148 Then the endpapers were sewn on... Their purpose was, as paste-downs, to reinforce the joints of the covers. |