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
Author James Bartram Nicholson
Publisher Henry Carey Baird American
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This first edition of Nicholson’s popular and often-reprinted comprehensive bookbinding manual provides instructions for all aspects of hand bookbinding, including forwarding (binding up to the point of decoration), finishing (decorating with onlay and tooling), edge gilding, and paper and edge marbling. It contains twelve plates of bookbindings and seven original traditional marbled papers, in addition to illustrations throughout the text.
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