Two Early Nineteenth-century Bookbinding Manuals |
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Page 30
... water . Throw on red spots , let them dry , then remove the ovals ; wash the cover where red spots are , with a clean sponge and water . Colour the inside of the oval with the following liquid , which will have a beautiful effect . Mix ...
... water . Throw on red spots , let them dry , then remove the ovals ; wash the cover where red spots are , with a clean sponge and water . Colour the inside of the oval with the following liquid , which will have a beautiful effect . Mix ...
Page 78
... sponge and water : and take care not to mix more colours with the spirits than are abso- lutely wanted . COMMON MARBLE . Let the cover be first washed over with weak ... sponge and water . SPONGE MARBLE . This is performed in the same way 78.
... sponge and water : and take care not to mix more colours with the spirits than are abso- lutely wanted . COMMON MARBLE . Let the cover be first washed over with weak ... sponge and water . SPONGE MARBLE . This is performed in the same way 78.
Page 82
... water rather freely , and dip a piece of sponge into some strong potash water , and press it out on different parts of the back , so that the colours may run gently down each side ; where the brown has left a vacancy , vitriol water ...
... water rather freely , and dip a piece of sponge into some strong potash water , and press it out on different parts of the back , so that the colours may run gently down each side ; where the brown has left a vacancy , vitriol water ...
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