i2 ENGLISH EMBROIDERED BINDINGS seventeenth-century embroidered books, in a way which cannot be too strongly condemned from a constructive point of view, although it has served its immediate purpose admirably. A small trench has been cut with a sharp knife for each band, deep enough to sink it to… … Fig. 11. Fig. 9. Fig. 10. Typical appearance of a Back of book sewn on Band of flat vellum some- book, before it is sewn, raised bands. times found on old books with small trenches cut with flat backs. in the back in which the bands are to be laid ; a This cutting of the back to bad method, but…
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