colophon
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brief statement of a book's own information, such as publisher, location, and date of publication
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Encyclopedic overview
A colophon printed in 1471 Against War by Erasmus, printed by the Merrymount Press, Boston, Massachusetts, 1907 Colophon of the Dutch translation of Africa Is Not a Country printed in 2022
In publishing, a colophon (/ˈkɒləfən, -fɒn/) is a brief statement containing information about the publication of a book such as an "imprint" (the place of publication, the publisher, ISBN and the date of publication).
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