The Art of Bookbinding by Joseph William Zaehnsdorf

Author:Joseph William Zaehnsdorf
Language: eng
Format: epub, pdf
Publisher: G. Bell & sons
Published: 1880-03-25T05:00:00+00:00

CHAPTER XXI.

PASTING DOWN.

This ia to cover up the inside board by pasting down thft I end papers to the boards.

The white or waste leaf, that has till this process protected the end papers, must now be taken away or torn out. The joint of the board must be cleaned of any paste or glue that may have accumulated there during the course of either glueing up or covering, by passing thu point of a sharp-knife along it, so that when the end is pasted down, the joint win be quite straight and perfectly square. Morocco- ' books should be filled in with a smooth board or thick paper, the exact substance of the leather. This thickness-must be carefully chosen, and one edge be cut off straight^ i and stuck on the inside of the hoard very slightly, in fact only touching it in the centre with a little glue or paste^ i just sufficient to hold it temporarily. It must be flush with the back-edge of the board. When dry, the paper or board is to be marked with a compass about half an inch round, and both paper and leather cut through at the sama cut with a sharp knife. The overplus board will fall ofT ] and the outside of tlie leather may be easily detached by lifting it up with a knife. The paper or board, which will \ now fit in exactly, should be glued and well rubbed down , with a folding stick, or it may be pressed in the standing J

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