Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- To place a press-mark on; also, to use press-marks.
- noun The letter or number, printed on the margin of a newspaper, that specifies the press on which it was printed.
- noun In libraries, a mark put upon a volume, generally by label or a writing upon a fly-leaf, indicating its location in the library.
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Examples
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								The best grades are not cheap, but they wear better than silk velvet, are fine and silky, excellent in color and sheen, launder well, and do not press-mark as does silk velvet. Textiles and Clothing Kate Heintz Watson 
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								The catalogue of Syon notes first the press-mark in a bold hand; then on the left side the donor's name, and on the opposite side the words of the second folio; and beneath the description of the book. Old English Libraries; The Making, Collection and Use of Books During the Middle Ages 1911 
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								The catalogue of St. Augustine's, already referred to, recorded the general title of the volume, or of the first treatise in it; the name of the donor; the other contents of the volume; the first words of the second leaf, and the press-mark. Old English Libraries; The Making, Collection and Use of Books During the Middle Ages 1911 
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								Chatelain cites the manuscript under the press-mark XXV 2/67. 10. A Sixth-Century Fragment of the Letters of Pliny the Younger A Study of Six Leaves of an Uncial Manuscript Preserved in the Pierpont Morgan Library New York Edward Kennard Rand 1908 
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								Washington, where its press-mark is "Jefferson Papers, 2d series, vol. 51, doc. 110." Original journals of the Lewis and Clark Expedition, 1804-1806 1904 
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								Collection, Wisconsin Historical Society (press-mark, 50 J 34). — Original journals of the Lewis and Clark Expedition, 1804-1806 1904 
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								It is rather difficult to read, but every word, letter and point have been made out, and the whole Note is here given, line for line, and verbatim, the heading and press-mark only being added: Thomas Hariot Stevens, Henry, 1819-1886 1885 
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								MS. which is evidently a copy from the original of this document is preserved in the Biblioteca Nacional, Madrid; its press-mark is 
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								It still bears on folio 2 its original press-mark. 
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								Cotton himself in 1621, under the press-mark Claudius C 7, but it is not to be found in any subsequent catalogue. 
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