key
text describing symbols, signatures and colours used in a map or picture
key colour (black)
alongside the printing colours cyan, magenta and yellow one of the core colours of the CYMK colour model
keyboard
an input device comprising finger-operated keys that, either individually or in combination with other keys, produce symbols or activate functions
keyword catalogue
a library catalogue that forms a directory of publications ordered according to keywords that occur in the titles of the works
Knight Academy
educational institutes for educating the sons of aristocratic families in Early Modern times
Kommissionsbuchhandel
German term for an intermediate service industry that provides book publishing or distribution services required by paying book sellers or publishers
Kommissionsverlag
In Germany, a publishing house that produces and sells books at the behest of a third party with the latter covering the costs
Konversationslexikon
the title of an 18th century German-language lexicographical reference book (encyclopaedia) that was both understandable for the average reader and comprehensive in scope
Koran
the holy scripture of Islam: the word of God to the prophet Mohammed, as communicated by the Angel Gabriel
Kröner Reform
a fixed retail price agreement for books introduced in Germany in 1888 by Adolf Kröner, the then-chairman of the German Publishers and Booksellers Association
kurrent
an old and fluid form of cursive German handwriting
