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 83
with abroad camel-hair brush to the already polished surface 78 PRACTICAL BOOKBINDING. of the book edges ; and while this is still wet the goldleaf is held over, and gradually lowered until ittouches the glairc (see Fig. 60). The moment the goldleaf and the glaire come in contact the glaire will… … Fig. 64 place another piece of gold over the defective part,and allow the edge of the book to dry for an hour.The gold is then set with the flat burnisher, in themanner shown in Fig. 61. It is done by first rubbinga little bees-wax over the surface of a piece of cleanpaper, ordinary glazed writing…
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