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Jack-Campin t1_j1du014 wrote

The eighteenth century trick where they'd print the first word of the next page at the bottom right before a page turn. They must have read REALLY fast back then.

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AlfredoEinsteino t1_j1evx8i wrote

It's called a catchword. It was an assist for readers, but was meant more as an aid for the bookbinder assembling the page signatures to make sure they got them in the right order.

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