Preferred label
shaped-book bindings
Note (en)
Note
Books in which the boards or covers and bookblocks are cut into half of a symmetrical shape (and not square or rectangular) which when opened will reveal the complete symmetrical shape. Typical examples would be books which when open form a heart or fleur de lys.
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Source
AAT
The Arts and Architecture Thesaurus Online, The Getty Research Institute.
Additional Reference
http://vocab.getty.edu/aat/300207643 (modified)
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