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 . Fig. 81. Well finished whole-bound books are usually dec-orated on the inside of the boards as well as the out-side. The inside decoration may consist of straightlines, or may be a design which is in keeping with theoutside cLcj-j/.i ;::. 110 PRACTICAL BOOKBINDING. Fig. 82 is an illustration from the inside cover ofa book, and is intended to give the reader some ideaof the treatment required. In Fig. 82 a l
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 . Fig. 81. Well finished whole-bound books are usually dec-orated on the inside of the boards as well as the out-side. The inside decoration may consist of straightlines, or may be a design which is in keeping with theoutside cLcj-j/.i ;::. 110 PRACTICAL BOOKBINDING. Fig. 82 is an illustration from the inside cover ofa book, and is intended to give the reader some ideaof the treatment required. In Fig. 82 a leatherjoint will be seen. The end papers were cut to formthe panel, and will be seen fixed between the turn-ings and the joint. In elaborate work a leather. panel is sometimes substituted for the board papers,and this panel is frequently decorated with a designtooled in gold, and is termed a doublure, or double. In Chapter X we propose to give details of thevarious processes required in finishing. PRACTICAL BOOKBINDING. Ill CHAPTER X. Finishing. Assuming that a whole-bound hook covered withmorocco, or similar leather, is ready for finishing, andthat it is desired to finish it by gold tooling, the firstoperation will be to wash over the cover with pastewater, or with vinegar of the best quality. If theformer be used, it should be made by adding a littlepaste to clear water, just sufficient to give the watera slight milky appearance, and this mixture shouldbe well beaten up. Paste water is better for porousleathers than vinegar ; but the latter may be usedfor morocco, as this is classed as non-porous advantage of using vinegar is that it keeps theleather in a moist condition ; but it is essential thatvinegar of good quality shou
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