This vintage book contains a comprehensive guide to bookbinding, with
instructions for leather and vellum binding, directions for gilding
paper and book edges, and many useful recipes for sprinkling, colouring,
and marbling. Originally intended for beginners and apprentices, this
volume is ideal for the modern reader looking for an introduction to
bookbinding. Contents include: "Folding", "Beating", "Sewing the Backs",
"Sewing", "Glueing the Backs", "Boarding", "Backing", "Putting on the
Boards", "Covering", "Sheep Binding", "Cutting the Fore-edge",
"Rounding", "Cutting the Head and Foot", "Sprinkling", "Backing",
"Putting on the Boards", "Covering", "End-papers, coloured linings,
&c.", et cetera. Many vintage books such as this are increasingly scarce
and expensive. We are republishing this volume now in an affordable,
modern edition complete with a specially commissioned new introduction
on leather crafting.