Modern bookbindings, their design and decoration (1906)
Prideaux, S. T. (Sarah Treverbian) · London : A. Constable and Co. · leaf 192
eing worked together in amachine, and the pattern transferred fromone to the other, the cloth was passedbetween them and received the impressof the pattern engraved on the metalcylinder. In this way the whole of the cloth usedby Messrs. Leighton was for many yearsembossed upon their own premises.… … 52. Bound by Canape. EDITION BINDING 113 In those days it was customary to engravespecial cylinders for books of importance,and you may still occasionally meet withstray volumes of The Penny Cyclcypcedia orKnights Pictorial England, and such likepopular works, with embossed cloth coversso prepared.…
Bookbinding
Internet Archive · California Digital Library · Public Domain Mark 1.0. Free to use for anything.
