The Art of Bookbinding: A practical treatise, with plates and diagrams
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Hobbyists can learn the art of bookbinding from a renowned Victorian master in a classic that offers expert, easy-to-follow advice on every stage of the craft. The author, whose custom bookbinding has been revered since the nineteenth century, offers step-by-step instructions on every stage of the from folding the leaves and sewing them into signatures to gluing, gilding edges, covering, and finishing. Over 117 woodcuts and lithographs from the original edition illustrate tools and equipment, as well as examples of exquisite binding inlays.A rare study of a centuries-old art form, The Art of B...
Chapters (35)
- THE ART OF BOOKBINDING. A PRACTICAL TREATISE. BY JOSEPH W. ZAEHNSDORF.
- PREFACE TO THE SECOND EDITION.
- LIST OF PLATES.
- CONTENTS.
- INTRODUCTION.
- PART I. FORWARDING.
- CHAPTER I. FOLDING.
- CHAPTER II. BEATING AND ROLLING.
- CHAPTER III. COLLATING.
- CHAPTER IV. MARKING UP AND SAWING IN.
- CHAPTER V. SEWING.
- CHAPTER VI. FORWARDING.
- CHAPTER VII. PASTING UP.
- CHAPTER VIII. PUTTING ON THE END PAPERS.
- CHAPTER IX. TRIMMING.
- CHAPTER X. GLUEING UP.
- CHAPTER XI. ROUNDING.
- CHAPTER XII. BACKING.
- CHAPTER XIII. MILL-BOARDS.
- CHAPTER XIV. DRAWING-IN AND PRESSING.
- CHAPTER XV. CUTTING.
- CHAPTER XVI. COLOURING THE EDGES.
- CHAPTER XVII. GILT EDGES.
- CHAPTER XVIII. HEAD-BANDING.
- CHAPTER XIX. PREPARING FOR COVERING.
- CHAPTER XX. COVERING.
- CHAPTER XXI. PASTING DOWN.
- CHAPTER XXII. CALF COLOURING.
- PART II. FINISHING.
- CHAPTER XXIII. FINISHING.
- GENERAL INFORMATION.
- CHAPTER XXIV. WASHING AND CLEANING.
- MANIPULATION.
- GLOSSARY OF THE TECHNICAL TERMS AND IMPLEMENTS USED IN BOOKBINDING.
- INDEX.
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