The Art of Bookbinding: A Practical Treatise by Joseph William Zaehnsdorf

Author:Joseph William Zaehnsdorf
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: G. Bell & Sons
Published: 1890-03-25T05:00:00+00:00

Antique work, as a decoration, requires quite ae much dexterity and care as gold work. Everj line must be straight, and the tools must be worked properly on the leather, both in colour and depth ; and as the tools have to bo worked many times on the same spot, it requires a very steady hand and great care not to doftble them. Some consider blind work as preparatory to gold work, and that it gives experience in the method o£ handling and working the various tools, and the degree of heat required for different leathers withont hnming them through. The leather on which this work is mostly executed is morocco and calf. In finishing the back of a book it innst always be held

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