Collections of wood or ivory tablets, or sheets of paper, parchment, or similar material, that are blank, written on, or printed, and are strung or bound together; commonly many folded and bound sheets containing continuous printing or writing; especially, when printed, a bound volume, or a volume of some size.
Broader Terms
<information artifacts by physical form> (3337)
Narrower Terms
<books by internal form> (898),
<books by conditions of production> (196),
<books by external form> (17),
ration books (3)
Related Terms
notebooks (49),
bookmarks (14)
Used for
codices
Alternative Terms book
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