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A Manual of the Art of Bookbinding

by James B. Nicholson

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  1. 1Preface
  2. 2Introduction
  3. 3Part I — Sheet Work
  4. 4Part II — Forwarding
  5. 5Marbling
  6. 6No. 1 — Large Brown French or Shell, With Three Veins, viz.: Red, Y…
  7. 7No. 2 — Small Brown French
  8. 8No. 3 — Brown French, With Light Spot
  9. 9No. 4 — Small Yellow Shell — No. 5 — Brown and Purple Shell
  10. 10No. 6 — Blue Stormont
  11. 11No. 7 — Light Italian
  12. 12No. 8 — Small Green Italian
  13. 13No. 9 — West End, (Brown, With Light Spot.)
  14. 14No. 10 — West End, (Green, With Light Spot.)
  15. 15No. 11 — Curl
  16. 16No. 12 — Brown Curl
  17. 17No. 13 — Red Curl
  18. 18No. 14 — Olive, or Light Green, Spanish
  19. 19No. 15 — Blue or Slate Spanish
  20. 20No. 16 — Brown Spanish
  21. 21No. 17 — Double Brown Spanish
  22. 22No. 18 — Fancy Spanish
  23. 23No. 19 — Fancy Spanish
  24. 24No. 20 — Drag or Extra Spanish
  25. 25No. 21 — Nonpareil or Comb
  26. 26No. 22 — Raked Nonpareil
  27. 27No. 23 — Nonpareil, (Reversed.)
  28. 28No. 24 — Antique
  29. 29No. 25 — Antique, (Zebra.)
  30. 30No. 26 — Wave
  31. 31No. 27 — British
  32. 32No. 28 — Dutch
  33. 33No. 29 — Antique Dutch
  34. 34Half-Binding
  35. 35Stationery or Vellum Binding
  36. 36Boarding
  37. 37Part III — Ornamental Art
  38. 38Finishing
  39. 39Illuminated Binding
  40. 40Blind Tooling
  41. 41Polishing
  42. 42Chemical Preparations
  43. 43Preparations of the Colours
  44. 44Marbling
  45. 45Tree-Marbles
  46. 46Sprinkles
  47. 47Uniform Colours
  48. 48Gold Marbles, Landscapes, etc.
  49. 49Colours
  50. 50Varnish
  51. 51Stamping
  52. 52Translation of Dates
  53. 53Restoring the Bindings of Old Books
  54. 54Supplying Imperfections in Old Books
  55. 55Hints to Book-Collectors
  56. 56Technical Terms — Used in Bookbinding

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