Reply To: Page Numbering in Europe

Late to the party, but 2 points:
1/ Very unusual to see “left-hand = odd” pagination in publications that read left-to-right, regardless of geogrpahy, unless there’s a really specific reason, like the spreads are being displayed on a wall or something like that, and not bound in a book/let.
2/ Other things you might not know about European printing: the conventional direction of the text on the spine of a book can vary by country – here in the UK, the text is right-way-up if the book is flat on a table with the front cover upwards, but all the French and most of the German books I have are the other way round. Maybe there’s a website somewhere with a list, but I haven’t found it!