Practical bookbinding : a text-book intended for those who take up the art of bookbinding, and designed to give sufficient help to enable handy persons to bind their books and periodicals . edges are cut. The first edges that have been cutand over which the lining paper has been pasted, willbe the back edges ; and these edges will be placedin the grooves. The fore-edges- should next be cutquite parallel with these. The exact measurementfor this is obtained by measuring from the insideof the groove, which was formed in backing, to thewidth of the first leaf of the book—not of the end-pape
Practical bookbinding : a text-book intended for those who take up the art of bookbinding, and designed to give sufficient help to enable handy persons to bind their books and periodicals . edges are cut. The first edges that have been cutand over which the lining paper has been pasted, willbe the back edges ; and these edges will be placedin the grooves. The fore-edges- should next be cutquite parallel with these. The exact measurementfor this is obtained by measuring from the insideof the groove, which was formed in backing, to thewidth of the first leaf of the book—not of the end-papers. This size should be taken with the wingcompass, and then pricked off on to the millboard. A PRACTICAL BOOKBINDING. 57 line is then drawn through the marks, and the boardsare cut through in the press as before. The head ortail may next be cut exactly at right-angles to theback and fore-edges. To ensure this, use the try-square as a guide in drawing the lines across the boards,and test them from both back and fore-edge to makequite sure of the truth of the angles. The length isobtained by setting the wing compasses to the lengthof the shortest leaf—or if there are any very shortones
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