The Practice of Typography: A Treatise on Title-Pages
The pattern
This still is filed under Specimen as proof.
Define
A specimen (type, material, finish) is shown so the product proves itself under comparison.
Mechanism
Controlled display. Same conditions, side by side, no adjective required. The sample is the sentence.
Verdict
Buyers choose by eye or by hand and we can put the real thing in front of them.
Why it works
It is a standard utility page inserted by the digitizer, offering no design of its own.
Steal this when
You are appending metadata to a digital archive. *Collection note: De Vinne on title pages - 500 pages on the single most important piece of layout in a book, with facsimiles.* ---