Bookbinding, and the care of books; a handbook for amateurs, bookbinders & librarians (1901)
Cockerell, Douglas · New York, D. Appleton and company · leaf 59
the width desiredfor the guards, and with a knife guidedby a straight - edge, cuts joining thepoints are made right through the paper,but not extending quite to either end.On a transverse cut being made near thebottom, the guards are left attached byone end only (seefig. 9), and canbe torn off… … In using the knife and straight-edge a Guardinggood deal of pressure should be put on <Zf^< 11—i Fig. io.—Mount Cutters Knife the straight-edge, and comparatively littleon the knife. To mend the torn back of a pair ofleaves, a guard should be selected a littlelonger than the height of the…
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