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The printed book (1916)

Aldis, Harry Gidney, 1863-1919 · Cambridge, Eng. : University press; New York, G. P. Putnam's sons · leaf 141

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ions: forwarding and finishing. Each of theseis considered a separate craft. The forwarder carriesthe-work up to the point at which the book is coveredwith the selected material, be it leather, cloth, orother fabric; the finisher adds the lettering andornamentation. The methods employed in… … A Bookbinders Workshop in the Seventeenth CenturyFrom Luikens Spiegel van hef Menselyk Bedryf CH.IX] BOOKBINDING AND BOOKBINDINGS 115 consist. This applies to what are properly knownas bound books, the work of which is a handicraft,and not to the cloth binding of everyday modernbooks, which is…

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