pliego
sheet.
For a publication in a physical unit other than a volume, an appropriate specific material designation is given (such as a folder, a broadside, a sheet, a roll, a portfolio) preceded by the arabic numeral 1.
medio pliego
half-sheet
Although it seldom happened in practice, it was possible to shuffle copies of the main sections and offcuts of 12 sheets or half-sheets and thus produce aberrant watermark patterns.
pliego de cordel [Libro en rústica de pocas hojas vendido por vendedores ambulantes desde los siglos dieciséis al dieciocho de contenido muy variado] [Libro en rústica de pocas hojas comercializado por vendedores ambulantes desde los siglos dieciséis al dieciocho de contenido muy variado]
chapmens' book
chapbook
By chapmen's books Stewart meant full-length books, in a cheap binding, usually in duodecimo and containing about 144 pages.
A chapbook is a small book, without covers, containing about eight or twelve pages of popular matter or songs, with usually a woodcut on the title page.
pliego de la edición
edition sheet
As each edition sheet was finished the heap was sent to the warehouse, just as it came from the machine, where it was dried if necessary and stored until all the sheets were done.
pliego de papel de -10-2 x -7-6 cm [En imprenta, tamaño grande de folio de dimensiones parecidas al A0]
quad crown
Thus if the paper-maker was to make a batch of quad crown paper in sheets measuring 40 in x 30 in. on a machine with a 70 in. capacity, he would prefer - other things being equal - to make a 70-in. web which would be cut into two strips 40 in. and 30 in. wide respectively.
pliego de papel de -1-1-4 x -8-9 cm
quad demy
The early single-sided cylinder machines could run at 1,000 impressions per hour and could be made to take sheets in sizes up to quad demy (about 114x89 cm.).
pliego de papel de -1-5-2 x -10-2 cm [En imprenta, tamaño grande de folio de dimensiones parecidas al -2A0]
quad double crown
Single-sided cylinder machines of this sort were made in sizes from foolscap folio (to take sheets of up to 33 x 25 cm) to quad double crown (152 x 102 cm), but a book printer would normally want machines of intermediate size.
pliego de papel de -40 x -3-2 [En imprenta, tamaño de papel de dimensiones parecidas al A-3]
pot (pott)
Small sizes of paper (pot, foolscap, and demy) were always more commonly used than large (medium and royal).
pliego de papel de -4-3 x -3-4 [En imprenta, tamaño de papel de dimensiones parecidas al A-3]
foolscap
Small sizes of paper (pot, foolscap, and demy) were always more commonly used than large (medium and royal).
pliego de papel de -5-7 x -4-4 [En imprenta, tamaño de papel de dimensiones parecidas al A-2]
demy
Small sizes of paper (pot, foolscap, and demy) were always more commonly used than large (medium and royal).
pliego de papel de -5-8 x -4-6 [En imprenta, tamaño de papel de dimensiones parecidas al A-2]
medium
Small sizes of paper (pot, foolscap, and demy) were always more commonly used than large (medium and royal).
pliego de papel de -6-3 x -50 [En imprenta, tamaño de papel de dimensiones parecidas al A-2]
royal
Small sizes of paper (pot, foolscap, and demy) were always more commonly used than large (medium and royal).
pliego doblado [Publicación en un pliego que ha sido doblado dos o más veces]
folder
For a publication in a physical unit other than a volume, an appropriate specific material designation is given (such as a folder, a broadside, a sheet, a roll, a portfolio) preceded by the arabic numeral 1.
pliego impreso [Hoja de papel impresa sin doblar]
printed sheet
A format is the number of times the printed sheet has been folded to make the leaves of a book, e.g., folio (one fold giving two leaves), quarto (two folds giving four leaves), etc.
pliego inserto
printed insert
All of the printed inserts were stained with a rubber cement adhesive and more than half were no longer attached to the pages of the book.
pliego suelto [Publicación en un pliego de papel impreso en una sola cara y sin doblar] [Publicación en un pliego de papel impreso en una sola cara y sin doblar] [Sinónimo de "pliego de cordel" chapbook o hoja suelta que se vendía doblada a modo de panfleto en los siglos XV y XVI]
broadsheet
broadside
sheet-book
A broadsheet is a separately published piece of paper, printed on one side only and intended to be read unfolded; usually intended to be posted, publicly distributed, or sold, e.g. proclamations, handbills, ballad-sheets, news-sheets.
A broadside is a separately published piece of paper, printed on one side only and intended to be read unfolded; usually intended to be posted, publicly distributed, or sold, e.g. proclamations, handbills, ballad-sheets, news-sheets.
By sheet-books he meant what most bibliographers now call a chapbook, that is a small pamphlet containing popular matter which comprised no more than a single sheet, which was sold generally folded into pamphlet form, but unopened.
recorte de pliego [En pliegos de cierto tamaño, parte del pliego que se cort, dobla e intercala dentro de una signatura plegada]
offcut
Although it seldom happened in practice, it was possible to shuffle copies of the main sections and offcuts of 12 sheets or half-sheets and thus produce aberrant watermark patterns.
