Bookbinding, and the Care of Books a Handbook for Amateurs, Bookbinders & Librarians by Douglas Cockerell

Author:Douglas Cockerell [Cockerell, Douglas]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Books -- Conservation and restoration, Bookbinding -- Handbooks, manuals, Library Science
ISBN: 9783849511579
Google: dsO-mAEACAAJ
Publisher: Tredition Classics
Published: 2013-02-17T18:30:00+00:00

A piece of loose, toned paper may be put inside the cover to prevent any marks on the book from showing through; and pieces of silk ribbon of good quality are laced in as shown, going through both cover and vellum ends, if there are any, and are left with ends long enough to tie (see fig. 76).

Fig. 76.

If paper ends are used, the silk tape need only be laced through the cover, and the end paper pasted over it on the inside.

Another simple way of keeping a vellum book shut is shown at fig. 77. A bead is attached to a piece of gut laced into the vellum, and a loop of catgut is laced in the other side, and looped over the bead as shown.

If the book is to have stiff boards, and the vellum is to be pasted to them, it is best to sew the sections on tapes or vellum slips, to back the book as for leather, and to insert the ends of the slips in a split board, leaving a French joint, as described for library bindings. Vellum is very stiff, and, if it is pasted directly to the back, the book would be hard to open. It is best in this case to use what is known as a hollow back.

Fig. 77.

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