Bookbinding, and the care of books; a handbook for amateurs, bookbinders & librarians (1901)
Cockerell, Douglas · New York, D. Appleton and company · leaf 199
Finishing corners. The book is then put in thefinishing press, with the board to be tooledopen and flat on the cheek of the press,unless the book is a large one, when it iseasier to tool the sides out of the press. The selected tools, which should beready on the stove (see fig. 85), are oneat a… … Fig. 84. varies a good deal with the leather used,and will only be learned by experience.It is better to have the tool too cool thantoo hot, as it is easy to deepen impressionsafter the paper is removed ; but if they arealready too deep, or are burnt, it will beimpossible to finish clearly.…
Bookbinding · Books and reading
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