printer's mark

American  

noun

1. a stamp or device, usually found on the copyright page, that identifies a book as the work of a particular printer.

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printer's mark

Without looking back once, he opened the door with the Venetian printer's mark on it and closed it quietly behind him.

From "Inkheart" by Cornelia Funke

His printer's mark was a graft, or young tree, growing out of a tun.

From Books Fatal to Their Authors by Ditchfield, P. H. (Peter Hampson)

The colophon is in Italian, and the printer’s mark is in red.

From The Art and Craft of Printing by Morris, William

Being only three, perhaps you might have clapt a D. at the corner and let it have past as a printer's mark to the uninitiated, as a delightful hint to the better-instructed.

From The Works of Charles and Mary Lamb — Volume 5 The Letters of Charles and Mary Lamb, 1796-1820 by Lucas, E. V. (Edward Verrall)

After it, on B iv a, is Robert Coplande's device, measuring 80 × 95; a wreath of roses and leaves, comprised within two concentric circles: within it the printer's mark.

From Henry the Sixth A Reprint of John Blacman's Memoir with Translation and Notes by James, M. R. (Montague Rhodes)