book format
originally indicated the number of leaves per folded sheet (2 in a Folio, 4 in a Quart, 8 in an Octavo)
book genre
subset of book type classified according to aspects of form, content, target readership or use and function
book illustration
the pictorial furnishing of a book, which may also encompass ornamental accessories such as initials and vignettes
book object
art objects tending towards book form, where the artist in part views books as a raw material
book of hours
prayer book popular in the Middle Ages with psalms and devotional texts for each hour of the day
book of tables
collections of scientific or mathematical tables or charts
book paper
machine-finished printing paper with high leaf thickness and low transparency
book plundering
the looting of the libraries of the disenfranchised and the expelled, primarily in the Nazi period
book price fixing
although price fixing is prohibited for most goods, in the book-selling trade, prices set by the publishing house apply for all vendors (in Germany)
book printing
printing of books and brochures that contain mostly text
