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 . anunlimited choice of suitable papers for this purpose—plain, coloured, marbled, and figured paper being elaborate books, silk, vellum, and leather form richand suitable ends. We shall content ourselves withexplanations of only two methods by which theseend papers are made, though there are other methodswhich may be adopted with equal 4 success ; butprobably the beginner will find that the following
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 . anunlimited choice of suitable papers for this purpose—plain, coloured, marbled, and figured paper being elaborate books, silk, vellum, and leather form richand suitable ends. We shall content ourselves withexplanations of only two methods by which theseend papers are made, though there are other methodswhich may be adopted with equal 4 success ; butprobably the beginner will find that the followinganswer all purposes. Method No. 1.—Take four sheets of paper—twowhite, or cream ; two coloured, marbled, or should be exercised in choosing thelatter, in order that they may harmonise with thecovering of the book. Fold all four sheets centrally,as is shown in Fig. 12, H. Proper allowancesshould be made in cutting out the paper, so thatthe sheets when folded will be somewhat larger thanthe sections of the book. Place one of the plain PRACTICAL BOOKBINDING. 27 folded sheets flat upon the work-table. Lay a flatsteel straight-edge upon the sheet, with its edge about. 3-i6ths in. from and parallel with the folded edgeof the paper. Then work a bone folder (Fig. 5, A)up and down the edge of the straight-edge to forma crease showing where the paper is to be folded.(Fig. 13.) The folded sheet is turned over on to the
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