Folding book

A folding book is a book or pamphlet typified by a continuous unbound paper sheet, folded as to form folios. A folding book folded in repeated parallel alternating folds, in the fashion of an accordion pleat, is further known as a concertina, accordion, or leporello.^[1]

Leporello of 24 postcards of Dresden aerial photographs, by Deutsche Luft-Reederei

Construction

Leporello

The style of folding is similar to that of the air bellows of a concertina or the eponymous accordion, such that every written page faces another written page when the book is closed. It may therefore be opened to any page.^[2] It may have a cover attached to the front and back end sections of the book, or holes in the back cover to allow the book to be "laced."^[3]

Folding book manuscript

Main article: Folding book manuscript

A folding-book manuscript is from one of many pre-modern hand-written folding book traditions.^[4]

Modern examples

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• Brochure
• Single-sheet chapbook

See also

• Accordion
• Concertina
• Don Giovanni, an opera featuring the eponymous Leporello
• Dog-ear
• Folded almanac
• Obi (publishing)
• Spadea