A colophon, from the Greek for ‘summit’ or ‘finishing touch’, is a short piece of text, typically at the end of a book, giving details of some combination of the book’s date and place of printing, and sometimes the name of the printer or publisher. Here is a characteristically loquacious and also punctual example from Wynkyn de Worde, at the end of a book he printed (we read) on 23 March 1509:
A book of paratexts sounds like my kind of book! Thanks for this wonderful post! Reading it made me wonder about the paratexts of digital writing (like substack). Would you consider the copyright note at the bottom of ss posts an imprint?
A book of paratexts sounds like my kind of book! Thanks for this wonderful post! Reading it made me wonder about the paratexts of digital writing (like substack). Would you consider the copyright note at the bottom of ss posts an imprint?