[Specification for Printing.]
COUNTY BOROUGH OF BIBLIOVILLE.
Specification for Printing a Catalogue of the Public Library.
The Committee of the Public Library invite tenders for printing a catalogue of their Lending Library upon the following conditions:
Edition and Size.—The edition to consist of three thousand copies, royal octavo in size (not less than 9¼ by 6 when bound).
Note.—The number of the edition depends entirely upon local circumstances and probable sales. A library of 5,000 borrowers will take about seven years to sell 3,500 copies of a catalogue at 6d. per copy.
Paper.—To be at least 32lbs. royal to the ream, of good finish, white, uniform in tint throughout.
Type and Setting.—8-point Old-style, with occasional small capitals, italics, and Clarendon or antique, with 6-point for subjects,[1] notes, and contents, and the proper accented letters in foreign languages. To be set solid, two columns to the page, seventy lines 8-point to the column (apart from page-heading, which is to contain a title and catch-word syllables), each fifteen ems wide, with double division rules between. Turnover lines to be indented one em, the repeat dash to be a one em rule, the class-letter and number to stand clear four ems, the 6-point indent to be two ems. Spaces between the end of the book-entry and the class-letter to be filled with leaders. The type must not be worn or broken, and must be free from wrong-founts. The "copy" must be closely followed for the punctuation and use of capitals.
[1] If the entries under subject-headings are to be in smaller type.
Machining.—The sheets to be well worked in perfect register, with good ink and uniform impression, afterwards rolling or pressing if needed.