Two Early Nineteenth-century Bookbinding Manuals |
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Page 22
... polished with the polishing iron . This tool is a round piece of iron , 4 or 5 inches long , a little swelling in the middle , and polished on one side , out of the upper side proceeds a spill , to which is affixed a long wood- en ...
... polished with the polishing iron . This tool is a round piece of iron , 4 or 5 inches long , a little swelling in the middle , and polished on one side , out of the upper side proceeds a spill , to which is affixed a long wood- en ...
Page 60
... POLISHING . The book having been gilt in the preceding way , is now to be polished . On every por- tion of the leather , and the side - papers of half - bound books , the polishing iron must be applied : it is first to be heated , and ...
... POLISHING . The book having been gilt in the preceding way , is now to be polished . On every por- tion of the leather , and the side - papers of half - bound books , the polishing iron must be applied : it is first to be heated , and ...
Page 62
... polishing - iron passing along the edges ; this is to be remedied by tapping them down with the backing hammer , which , however , must be used very gently , or , in lieu of this , polished plates of tin are to be placed between the ...
... polishing - iron passing along the edges ; this is to be remedied by tapping them down with the backing hammer , which , however , must be used very gently , or , in lieu of this , polished plates of tin are to be placed between the ...
Common terms and phrases
8vos Aldersgate street alum aqua regia back-board bands binder Black the cover Blackfriars boil book between wands BOOKBINDERS bottle brazil dust brush cheeks Clare Market Clerkenwell Colour the cover copperas water court cutting press Demy Medium edge fillet flat folded folios fore-edge forrel French berries gently gilding glaire glue gold groove hammer Hatton Garden head and tail head-bands Holborn inch intended ketch-stitch knife lane leaf leather left hand liquid blue lours marble Morocco Newgate street ounce of Brazil paper pared paste-board pasted perfectly dry piece place the book plough polished Prussian blue purple put the book quarto quills ready roll rough calf round rubbed RUSSIA BANDS screwed tight Sevenpenny Eightpenny sewing sewn sheets side Sixpenny Sevenpenny slips smooth Soho spirits of wine sponge and water sprinkle square Strand strong potash water thread thumb turmeric vellum vinegar vitriol water wash the cover