censorship
political process controlling movement of information, either public or private, and suppressing it if necessary
censorship mark
in Germany, a label on publications released for dissemination by military censors during the First World War
censorship stamp
stamp on postal items that have been inspected by a state or military authority
census
index of all examples of a work, an author, a printer or a publisher that can be found in one library or collection
central catalogue
a catalogue that documents the collections of several libraries, in particular for interlibrary loans
chained book (liber catenatus)
a book secured in a library by means of an iron chain attached to a bookrest so as to prevent unauthorised removal or theft
chalcographic title page
an illustrated copper title page created using chalcography
chancellor
the head or director of a chancery or (high-level) authority
character
individual element of a writing system
character spacing
spacing between individual characters