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anopisthograph, a.|ˌænəʊˈpɪsθəʊgrɑːf, -æ-| [f. Gr. ἀν- (an- 10) + ὀπισθόγραϕος opisthograph.] Having no writing (or printing) on the back; inscribed only on one side. Also ˌanopisthoˈgraphic, -ical adjs.; hence ˌanopisthoˈgraphically adv.
1871H. Bradshaw in Coll. Pap. (1889) xiv. 263 If a fragment is found printed only on one side it has hitherto been described as ‘a remarkably interesting specimen of anopisthographic typography’. 1887Bigmore tr. Bouchot's Printed Bk. i. 15 Gutenberg..desired..that the leaves of his books should not be anopist[h]ograph, or printed only on one side. 1887Book-Lore VI. 159 Two leaves were..pasted together, back to back, forming what is termed an anopist[h]ographical book. 1893E. G. Duff Early Printed Bks. 13 There must have been some reason for printing these books on one side only..or, as it is called, anopisthographically. |