Bookbinding, and the care of books : a text-book for bookbinders and librarians (1911)
Cockerell, Douglas · London : J. Hogg · leaf 188
nblotting-paper, and whilestill damp it is pasted, thebook covered, and thecorners mitred. A pieceof thin string is tiedround the head-caps andpressed into the Frenchjoint. Waterproof sheets are placed inside thecovers, and the book then nipped in thepress and left to dry under a light weight.If… … Fig. 78. Vellum becomes so stiff and hard, that this method,Bindings though it looks well enough, cannot berecommended. Vellum is a durablematerial, and can be had of good quality,but it is so easily influenced by changes oftemperature, that it is rather an unsuit-able material for most bindings.…
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