[Sigia-l] Page numbers in a book

[Anders Ramsay]

Not according to Webster's Collegiate: 'page' in this usage appeared in
1589, while 'book' is pre 12th century. The OED would likely be the
definitive source on this matter.

On 7/27/02 4:51 PM, Listera at listera at rcn.com wrote:

> Sorry to be referring to something as quaint as a book, but I'm under the
> impression that page numbers came about 75 years after the appearance of
> books. Does anyone have a reference that goes into this 'fact'?
> 
> Best,
> 
> Ziya
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