Bookbinding, and the care of books : a text-book for bookbinders and librarians (1911)
Cockerell, Douglas · London : J. Hogg · leaf 100
ace on the edge. When the gold is ready, the glaireshould be floated on to the edge with asoft brush, and the gold spread evenlyover it and left until dry ; that is, in aworkshop of ordinary temperature, forabout an hour. The edge is then lightlyrubbed with a piece of leather that hasbeen… … Fig. 26. directly on the edge. A piece of blood-stone ground so as to have no sharp edges(see fig. 27) makes a good burnisher. There are several different prepara-tions used for gilding edges. One part of n Fig. 27, beaten up white of egg with four parts ofwater left to stand for a day and…
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