New Philosophy of Our Sublunary World

A photograph shows the physical edges of the bound volume. The book is viewed from the side, revealing the stack of numerous paper leaves. These pages appear aged and are slightly irregular at the fore-edge, which is the outer edge of the book opposite the spine. The top cover is partially open. At the bottom of the frame, there is a modern digital watermark and copyright notice from ProQuest LLC and the National Central Library of Florence.

binding: The physical cover and structure that holds the pages of a book together.
fore-edge: The edge of a book's leaves opposite the spine.
manuscript block: The collected stack of pages that make up the interior of a book before or after binding.