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Bookbinding, and the care of books; a handbook for amateurs, bookbinders & librarians (1901)

Cockerell, Douglas · New York, D. Appleton and company · leaf 188

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Fig. 75.A piece of loose, toned paper may be put 182 inside the cover to prevent any marks on Vellumthe book from showing through; and Bindingspieces of silk ribbon of good quality arelaced in as shown, going through bothcover and vellum ends, if there are any,and are left with ends long enough to… … Fig. 76. If paper ends are used, the silk tape needonly be laced through the cover, and theend paper pasted over it on the inside. Another simple way of keeping a vellumbook shut is shown at fig. 77. A bead isattached to a piece of gut laced into thevellum, and a loop of catgut is laced inthe other…

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