Report of the Committee on leather for bookbinding (1905)
Royal Society of Arts (Great Britain) Committee on leather for bookb inding, Cobham, Charles George Lyttelton, 8th viscount, 1842-1922, Wood, Henry Trueman, 1845-1929, London (England) Leathersellers' company · London, Pub, for the Society of arts by G. Bell & sons · leaf 52
ordinary way. Boards.—To be made split boards, like thosethe vellum binders use. Grey board lined with athin black board liner. Cutting or Treatment of Edges.—To dependon orders. Attaching Slips.—Slips to be pasted on towaste end-papers, which should be cut off abouttwo inches from the back and… … Fig. 10.—Showing Method of Attaching Tape Slips to a SplitBoard, leaving a French Joint. a worked head-band is thought to be too great, apiece of string may be inserted into the fold of theleather at the head or tail. Covering. — Leather not to be unduly pareddown. The French joint should make it…
Leather · Bookbinding
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