run the handalong the joint, always beginning at the center ofback, thus flattening them down as much aspossible. Continue until all have been attendedto. The book should now be put under pressureagain—not necessarily in the press—and left aday or a few days before it is allowed to leave… … Practical Bookbitidins: style of finishing which in itself is quite well enough;it is very objectionable, however, to impose bindingsfinished by such purely mechanical processes onthe guileless public as hand-tooled books. These blocked patterns are produced asfollows: The whole design is engraved…
Art · Decoration and ornament
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