Bookbinding, and the care of books : a text-book for bookbinders and librarians (1911)
Cockerell, Douglas · London : J. Hogg · leaf 263
book will force the leavesapart and admit dust. If a book istightly wedged in a shelf the leaves willbe kept flat, but as the chance removal ofany other book from the row will removethe pressure, it is much better to provideclasps for vellum books. Very thick books, and those with a greatmany… … Clasps and bouring volume, a form of clasp shouldTies be used that has no raised parts on theboards. At fig. 118 is shown a simple claspsuitable for small books with mill-boardsides, with details of the metal parts, madeof thick silver wirebelow. Double boardsmust be * made, and theflattened ends…
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