To provide a book-rest surely pressing a turned-over page and easily inserting a page turned over next into a page presser in the page presser of the book-rest.

This book-rest is characterized in that the end of a belt-shaped steel lever 1 is slidably journaled to an approximately central part of a book receiving wall 4 of this book-rest by a screw 2 for fastening a lever shaft, the page presser 3 is attached to the end side of the lever 1, and a mat 5 with elasticity such as polyurethane foam is developed on the face of the book-rest for placing the book.