A Manual of the Art of Bookbinding

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Author

Nicholson, James B. (James Bartram), 1820-1901

Title

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.

Credits

Produced by Chris Curnow, Lesley Halamek and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive)

Language

English

LoC Class

Z: Bibliography, Library science

Subject

Bookbinding -- Handbooks, manuals, etc.

Category

Text

Project Gutenberg

eBook-No. 55056

Release Date

July 6, 2017

Copyright

Public domain in the USA.

Contents

1. 1.Untitled
2. 2.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.
3. 3.PREFACE.
4. 4.CONTENTS.
5. 5.INTRODUCTION.
6. 6.MANUAL OF THE ART OF BOOKBINDING. — PART I.
7. 7.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.
8. 8.HALF-BINDING. — STATIONERY OR VELLUM BINDING.
9. 9.BOARDING.
10. 10.PART III.
11. 11.FINISHING.
12. 12.Untitled
13. 13.Untitled
14. 14.Untitled
15. 15.Untitled
16. 16.Untitled
17. 17.Untitled
18. 18.ILLUMINATED BINDING. — BLIND TOOLING. — POLISHING. — CHEMICAL PREPARATIONS. — PREPARATIONS OF THE COLOURS. — MARBLING. — TREE-MARBLES. — SPRINKLES. — UNIFORM COLOURS. — GOLD MARBLES, LANDSCAPES, ETC.
19. 19.COLOURS. — VARNISH, — STAMPING.
20. 20.Untitled
21. 21.Untitled
22. 22.Untitled
23. 23.TRANSLATION OF DATES. — RESTORING THE BINDINGS OF OLD BOOKS. — SUPPLYING IMPERFECTIONS IN OLD BOOKS. — HINTS TO BOOK-COLLECTORS. — Technical Terms USED IN BOOKBINDING.
24. 24.INDEX. — CATALOGUE OF PRACTICAL AND SCIENTIFIC BOOKS, PUBLISHED BY HENRY CAREY BAIRD & CO., Industrial Publishers and Booksellers, NO. 810 WALNUT STREET, PHILADELPHIA. — Transcriber's Note

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