Practical bookbinding : a text-book intended for those who take up the art of bookbinding, and designed to give sufficient help to enable handy persons to bind their books and periodicals (1908)
Pearce, W. B. (William Bonner) · London : P. Marshall · leaf 81
27. This pasteshould be spread equally over the surface with asponge, and then polished with a fairly hard brush(see Fig. 56). This process gives a body to the surfacewhich will readily receive the gold leaf. Some bindersprefer to use red chalk only in preparing the edges. 76 PRACTICAL BOOKBINDING.… … -,■■:;,;< Fig. 57. 3 ins. square. The price of a booklet varies fromis. 3d. to 3s., according to the quality and thicknessof the beaten gold. The squares of gold leaf are firstcut to suitable sizes on the gold cushion with the goldknife (both are illustrated in Fig. 57). This operation,…
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