So forget about page numbers. They were worthless.
Instcad, publishers
used a different method that was more compatible
with the cra’s system of printing. It all
came back to the quircs. As the printers worked. they as-
signed cach quirc printed code called a signature-
in a corner on every shect and showed that
that appeared
its pages belonged togcther. No page numbers required
ran through the alphabct (A1 being the obvi-
Signatures
to start) and then repcated the alphabet again.
oUS place
And again. And again, quire after quire.
until the print-
ing was done, perhaps ending with, say, bbbl2. (We’re
not talking rocket science here.)

Content

Illustrations

Format

Front Cover

Ps and Qs

Quire

Folio

Upper and lower case

The Vincent Folio the Golden Retriever Folio and the Farting Folio

Sidney Lee

Eric Rasmussen

Folger