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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun Printing A notation or figure in the margin of a printed sheet indicating the press on which it was printed.
- noun Chiefly British A notation in or on a book indicating where it should be placed in a library.
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- noun a mark consisting of characters written on a book; used to indicate shelf location
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The pressmark of this autograph letter in the British
Fray Luis de León A Biographical Fragment James Fitzmaurice-Kelly
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The pressmark of this autograph letter in the British Museum is Add. MSS.
Fray Luis de Leon Fitzmaurice-Kelly, James 1921
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On the second, third, or fourth leaf of a book, or thereabouts, the title was written on the bottom margin, with the pressmark and the first words of that leaf.
Old English Libraries; The Making, Collection and Use of Books During the Middle Ages 1911
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The full pressmark of a book was therefore A.v. 4.
Old English Libraries; The Making, Collection and Use of Books During the Middle Ages 1911
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[166] The original of this bull is in Torre do Tombo, Lisbon, bearing pressmark "Col. de Bullas, maço 29, n_o_. 6."
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Nacional of Lisbon (which is housed in the Torre do Tombo) has one of the originals of the Bull of May 4 -- pressmark, "Gaveta 10, maco 11, n°. 16."
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-- The original of this bull exists in Torre do Tombo, Lisbon -- pressmark, "Maço 20 de bullas, n°. 18;" it is written on parchment, and covers twenty folios.
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-- The original of this document is in Torre do Tombo, Lisbon -- pressmark, "Gaveta 18, maco 8, n°. 29."
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-- The originals of the bulls of May 3 and 4 exist in the archives of the Vatican; and authenticated copies are in the Archivo general de Indias at Seville, their pressmark being
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It is also found in the Torre do Tombo of Lisbon -- its pressmark being "Gaveta 17, maço 2, n°. 24;" there is another copy -- pressmark "Gaveta 18, maço 2, n°. 2" -- apparently
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