A short history of bookbinding and a glossary of styles and terms used in binding, with a brief account of the celebrated binders and patrons of bookbinding from whom the various styles are named, description of leathers, etc (1895)
Zaehnsdorf (Firm), Zaehnsdorf, Joseph William, 1853-1930 · London : Printed at the Chiswick press · leaf 29
of a book. Folding.—Generally the first thing a binder has to do witha book. The sheets are laid upon a table with the signatures 24 Glossary. (the letters or numbers that one sees at the foot of the firstpage of each sheet when folded) facing downwards on theleft-hand side. A folding-stick is held… … Folder. Gouge.—A curved line or segment of a circle impressed uponthe leather. Also the instrument with which it is impressed. Grolier (Jean).—Born at Lyons, 1479; died at Paris, 1565 :one of the greatest of private collectors, and a patron of Aldus ;resided in Italy for many years, where he held…
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