1. A book with blank pages for the insertion and preservation of collections, as of stamps or photographs.
2. 1. A phonograph record, especially a long-playing record stored in a slipcase.
   2. A set of musical recordings stored together in jackets under one binding.
   3. The bound set of jackets for such a set.
   4. A recording of different musical pieces.
3. A printed collection of musical compositions, pictures, or literary selections.
4. A tall, handsomely printed book, popular especially in the 19th century, often having profuse illustrations and short, sentimental texts.

[Latin, blank tablet, from neuter of albus, white.]

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