A Manual of the Art of Bookbinding
Containing full instructions in the different branches of
forwarding, gilding, and finishing.
James B. Nicholson
A Manual of the Art of Bookbinding Containing full instructions in the different branches of forwarding, gilding, and finishing.
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A MANUAL OF THE ART OF BOOKBINDING: CONTAINING FULL INSTRUCTIONS IN THE DIFFERENT BRANCHES OF FORWARDING, GILDING, AND FINISHING. ALSO, The Art of Marbling Book-Edges and Paper. THE WHOLE DESIGNED FOR THE PRACTICAL WORKMAN, THE AMATEUR, AND THE BOOK-COLLECTOR. BY JAMES B. NICHOLSON.
PREFACE.
CONTENTS.
INTRODUCTION.
MANUAL OF THE ART OF BOOKBINDING.
PART I.
PART II.
COLOURS.
MARBLING.
No. 1.—large brown french or shell, with three veins, viz.: red, yellow, and black.
No. 2.—small brown french.
No. 3.—brown french, with light spot.
No. 4.—small yellow shell.
No. 5.—brown and purple shell.
No. 6.—blue stormont
No. 7.—light italian.
NO. 8.—small green italian.
No. 9.—west end, (brown, with light spot.)
No. 10.—west end, (green, with light spot.)
No. 11.—curl.
No. 12.—brown curl.
NO. 13.—red curl.
SPANISH.
No. 14.—olive, or light green, spanish.
No. 15.—blue or slate spanish.
No. 16.—brown spanish.
No. 17.—double brown spanish.
No. 18.—fancy spanish.
No. 19.—fancy spanish.
No. 20.—drag or extra spanish.
No. 21.—nonpareil or comb.
No. 22.—raked nonpareil.
No. 23.—nonpareil, (reversed.)
No. 24.—antique.
No. 25.—antique, (zebra.)
No. 26.—wave.
No. 27.—british.
No. 28.—dutch.
No. 29.—antique dutch.
HALF-BINDING.
STATIONERY OR VELLUM BINDING.
BOARDING.
PART III.
FINISHING.
ILLUMINATED BINDING.
BLIND TOOLING.
POLISHING.
CHEMICAL PREPARATIONS.
PREPARATIONS OF THE COLOURS.
MARBLING.
TREE-MARBLES.
SPRINKLES.
UNIFORM COLOURS.
GOLD MARBLES, LANDSCAPES, ETC.
COLOURS.
VARNISH,
STAMPING.
TRANSLATION OF DATES.
RESTORING THE BINDINGS OF OLD BOOKS.
SUPPLYING IMPERFECTIONS IN OLD BOOKS.
HINTS TO BOOK-COLLECTORS.
Technical Terms USED IN BOOKBINDING.
INDEX.
CATALOGUE OF PRACTICAL AND SCIENTIFIC BOOKS, PUBLISHED BY HENRY CAREY BAIRD & CO., Industrial Publishers and Booksellers, NO. 810 WALNUT STREET, PHILADELPHIA.
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