Bookbinding, and the care of books; a handbook for amateurs, bookbinders & librarians (1901)
Cockerell, Douglas · New York, D. Appleton and company · leaf 181
er except fortwo inches on one side of each. Theboards then are squared to the book in amill-board machine. The back of thebook is glued up, and in the ordinary wayrounded and backed. The edges may be 175 Library cut with a guillotine. The ends of theBinding tapes are glued on the waste end… … Fig. 72. in the press. To form a French jointthe boards should be kept about an eighthof an inch from the back of the book.The book is then ready for covering.The leather must not be pared too thin, asthe French joint will give plenty of playand allow the use of much thicker leatherthan usual. If…
Bookbinding · Books and reading
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