Bookbinding, with numerous engravings and diagrams (1907)
Hasluck, Paul N. (Paul Nooncree), 1854-1931 · London, New York [etc.] : Cassell and Company, Limited · leaf 136
keep the pressureused as nearly equal everywhere as possible, asnothing looks worse in a design than very deep im- Finishing Book Covers. 135 pressions at some places and very slight ones atothers. In no case must the tool be heated toomuch, or it will burn the leather and perhaps cutright through.… … Fig. 110.—Lettering Press. ing them with fancy designs and ornaments will nowbe treated in detail. The iron blocking presses1 (Fig. 110) necessary for gold blocking are generally; on one principle, and the chief parts of each are aI heater box, a blocking plate, and a bed. HandI presses are set in…
Bookbinding
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