INDEX.
Acids, effect of, on leather, 133.
Advantage, comparative, of paste and glue, 93.
—— of flexible binding, 28.
—— of graining calf, 144.
—— of vinegar over paste water when finishing, 127.
Albumen, 171.
Antique finishing, 122.
—— tools, method of working, 122.
Arming press, 117.
Artificial heat, 46.
Artists’ vellum, 147.
Athenæum letter on trimming, 43.
Azuré tools, 113.
Back, calf, polishing a, 140.
—— finishing a (cut), 130.
—— full gilt, 129.
—— mitred, 129–139.
—— run up, 129–140.
Backs, flat, 48.
—— suitable for calf work (cut), 138.
Backing, 48.
—— (cut), 49.
—— flexible work, 50.
—— hammer (cut), 49.
—— machines, 50.
Band nippers (cut), 93.
Bands, putting on, 88.
Bar roll, 133.
Bath, effect upon stains of wrong, 158.
Beating, 9.
—— hammer (cut), 9.
—— gold books, 10.
Beating stone, 9.
Bibles, etc., edges of, 122.
—— end papers for, 33.
—— finishing of, 122.
Bindings, monastic, 111.
Blind finishing, 122.
—— —— beauty of, 125.
—— —— colour of, 122.
Blocking, 149.
—— calf, 153.
—— cloth, 153.
—— in gold, 153.
—— morocco, 153.
—— old method of, 116.
—— press, 150.
—— sides, 151.
—— silk, 146.
—— velvet, 146.
Blocks, 151.
Blood stains, removing, 163.
Board, backing, 48.
—— cutting, 54.
—— trimming, 41.
Boards, cutting in, 64.
—— cutting out of, 64.
—— made, 55.
—— for photographs, 170.
Bolt knife (cut), 61.
Books, enemies of, 166.
Book-worms, 167.
—— to keep away, 168.
Brass type, 129.
Bread, cleaning with, 161.
Bronze end paper, 34.
Brush, finger, 68.
—— sprinkling, 68.
Burnishers, 79.
—— edge (cuts), 81.
Burnishing edges, 81.
—— marbled paper, 73.
Burnt documents, deciphering, 166.
Burr on knife, 79.
Calf, back polishing, 137.
—— blocking, 153.
—— Cambridge, 104.
—— colouring, 100.
—— colouring, preparing for, 102.
—— colouring, black, 101.
—— colouring, brown, 102.
—— colouring, yellow, 102.
—— covering in, 94.
—— dabbing, 106.
—— effect of glue on, 89.
—— extra, 142.
—— finishing, 135.
—— graining, 144.
—— graining, advantage of, 144.
—— green and light, 139–141.
—— handling, 94.
—— lettering, 140.
—— marbling, 105.
—— marbling, preparing for, 104.
—— neat, 137.
—— pasting down, 99.
—— sides, finishing, 141.
—— sides, polishing, 142.
—— work, backs suitable for (cut), 138.
—— sprinkling, 103.
—— sprinkling, emblematic, 103.
—— sprinkling, preparing for, 103.
Cambridge calf, 104.
Capping up edges, 82.
Cat’s paw, 106.
Charcoal fire for finishing, 121.
Chemical colouring of leather, 133.
Chloride of lime solution, 159.
Chlorine, restoring writing effaced by, 165.
Cleaning, 157.
—— off stick, 58–59.
—— removing single leaf for, 162.
Cleaning silver mountings, 172.
—— sponges, 172.
—— with india-rubber, 161.
—— with bread, 161.
Cloth blocking, 153.
—— covering with, 95.
—— joints, 38.
—— smooth, 95.
Cobb paper, 33.
Collating, 13.
Colour of blind work, 122.
Colours for books, suggested, 96.
—— for marbling, 69.
—— for sprinkling, 68.
Coloured edges, fancy, 69.
—— paste paper, 35.
—— plates, 17.
Colouring calf, 100.
—— calf preparing for, 102.
—— calf, black, 101.
—— calf, brown, 102.
—— yellow, 102.
Colouring edges, 67.
—— of leather, chemical, 133.
—— plain, for edges, 69.
Comb marble, 72.
Cord, sizes of, 22.
Cords, lay, 23.
Cotton wool, 120.
Covers, cutting leather, 90.
Covering, 90.
—— half bound work, 96.
—— preparing for, 87.
—— with calf, 94.
—— with cloth, 95.
—— with morocco, 90.
—— with parchment, 94.
—— with roan, 95.
—— with russia, 94.
—— with satin, 95.
—— with silk, 95.
—— with vellum, 94.
—— with velvet, 95.
Cut against, 54.
—— true, to tell if boards are, 56.
—— to tell if book is, 64.
Cushion, gold, 78.
Cutting, 59.
—— in boards, 64.
—— out of boards, 64.
—— board, 54.
—— foredge, 62.
—— gold leaf, 80.
—— head, 61.
—— leather covers, 90.
—— mill-board, 52.
—— press and plough (cut), 60.
—— tail, 62.
Dabbing calf, 106.
Damp stains, 162.
—— repairing books damaged by, 162.
Deciphering burnt documents, 166.
Dentelle border, 132.
Derome tools (cuts), 115.
Dibdin, Dr, 95.
Disadvantage of backing machines, 51.
—— flat backs, 48.
—— lettering pieces, 136.
—— wire sewing, 30.
Dishes for washing, 159.
Documents, deciphering burnt, 166.
Doublé, 132.
Down, pasting, 97.
Dragon, gum, 70.
Drawing in, 57.
Drawings, fixing, 165.
—— preserving, 165.
Dry preparation, 145.
—— making, 145.
Drying, artificial heat in, 46.
Duplicate sheets, 19.
Dust, removing, 161.
Dutch marble paper, 34.
Edge burnishers (cuts), 81.
Edges of bibles and religious books, 122.
—— of boards, finishing, 132.
—— burnishing, 81.
—— capping up, 82.
—— coloured, fancy, 69.
—— coloured, plain, 69.
—— colouring, 67.
—— gilding, 80.
—— gilt, 78.
—— gilt, dull, 81.
—— gilt, painted, 82.
—— gilt, on red, 82.
—— gilt, in the round, 81.
—— gilt, solid, 81.
—— gilt, tooled, 82.
—— marbled, 69.
—— marbled, paper, transferring to, 74–75.
—— marbling, 73.
—— marbled, on gilt, 78.
—— marbled, under gilt, 78.
—— sprinkled, 67.
—— sprinkled marble, 67.
—— transferring marbled paper to, 74–75.
—— uncut, 41.
Effaced by chlorine, restoring writing, 165.
—— by oxymuriatic acid, restoring writing, 165.
Emblematic sprinkling, 103.
—— tooling, 117.
End papers, 33.
—— papers, bronze, 34.
—— papers, cobb, 33.
—— papers, coloured paste, 35.
—— papers, making, 35.
—— papers, marbled, 33.
—— papers, printed and fancy, 34.
—— papers, putting on, 38.
—— papers, surface, 33.
—— papers, for bibles, etc., 33.
—— papers, for school and public library books, 41.
Ends, sewing (cut), 40.
Enemies of books, 166.
Extra, calf, 142.
Faded MSS., restoring, 165.
—— writing, restoring, 165.
Fat stains, removing, 164.
Fillet (cut), 118.
Filling up, 137.
—— up, saw cuts, 89.
Finger brush, 68.
Finger-marks, 163.
—— removing, 163.
Finishing, 111.
—— ancient, 117.
—— a back (cut), 130.
—— a back, calf, 135.
—— a back, full gilt, 137.
—— a back, run up, 139.
—— blind, antique or monastic, 122.
—— blind, tools for, 122.
—— calf sides, 141.
—— charcoal fire for, 121.
—— edges of boards, 132.
—— extra calf sides, 142.
—— flexible work, 124.
—— gold, 125.
—— gold, tools for, 122.
—— half morocco book, 127.
—— inside of a book, 132–141.
—— medium, 126.
—— medium, importance of proper, 126.
—— morocco sides, 131.
—— morocco imitation, 133.
—— paper, 144.
—— press (cuts), 121–122.
—— religious books, 122.
—— roan, 133.
—— russia, 145.
—— sides calf, 135.
—— sides calf extra, 142.
—— sides morocco, 131.
—— sides, morocco imitation, 133.
—— silk, 146.
—— stove (cuts), 120.
—— taste in, 117.
—— tools, 118–122.
—— tools, heat for, 128.
—— vellum, 147.
—— velvet, 146.
—— with dry preparation, 145.
Fixing drawings, 165.
Flat backs, 48.
Flexible binding, advantages of, 28.
—— how to tell, 29.
Flexible work, backing, 50.
—— work, cleaning off, 59.
—— work, covering, preparing for, 89.
—— work, finishing, 124.
—— work, gluing up, 45.
—— work, marking up, 20.
—— work, mock, 90.
—— work, sewing, 23.
—— work, sewing (cut), 27.
Folding, 3.
—— stick, 4.
—— machine (cut), 7.
—— maps, 15.
Folio, 4.
Foredge, cutting, 62.
Forwarding, 33.
Fox-marks, 163.
—— marks, removing, 163.
French, dab, 106.
—— method of pressing, 19.
—— method of trimming, 42.
—— paring knife (cut), 90.
—— paring knife, method of using (cut), 91.
Full gilt back, finishing, 137.
Gall, ox, for marbling, 71.
Gascon, 115.
—— tools (cuts), 114.
Gathering, 8.
—— machine, 8.
German, method of gluing up, 45.
—— paring knife (cut), 91.
—— paring knife, method of using (cut), 91.
Giggering, 124.
Gilding edges, 80.
Gilt back, full, 129.
—— edges, 78.
—— edges, dull, 81.
—— edges, painted, 82.
—— edges, solid, 81.
—— edges, tooled, 82.
—— in the round, 81.
—— marbling on, 78.
—— marbling under, 78.
—— on red, 82.
—— top, 41.
Glaire, 119.
—— how to make, 119.
—— water, 79.
Glue, 169.
—— comparative advantages of paste and, 93.
—— effect on calf of, 89.
—— rice, 169.
—— to tell good, 169.
Gluing up, 45.
—— up flexible work, 45.
—— up, German method of, 45.
Gold, blocking in, 153.
—— cushion, 78.
—— finishing, 125.
—— finishing, tools for, 128.
—— knife, 79.
—— leaf, 79–119.
—— leaf, cutting, 80.
Grain, treatment of straight, 92.
—— treatment of leather with no, 92.
Graining calf, 144.
—— advantage of, 144.
Graining up, 92.
Grolier tools (cuts), 113.
Groove, 7.
Guarding plates, etc., 15.
Guards, object of, 16.
Gum Tragacanth (Gum Dragon), 70.
Half binding, 96.
—— binding, covering, 96.
—— binding, lining for, 53.
—— binding, pasting down, 100.
Hammer, beating (cut), 9.
Hand finishing, 116.
—— letters, 118.
Handling calf, 94.
Head band, setting, 93.
—— bands, stuck on, 80.
—— banding, 83.
—— banding (cut), 84.
—— banding on old books, 84.
—— of book cutting, 61.
Heat, artificial, 46.
—— for finishing tools, 128.
—— for polishing tools, 140.
Henry III., bindings of, 114.
Holes in back, filling up, 89.
Hollow backs, 87.
Imitation morocco, finishing, 133.
Importance of proper finishing medium, 126.
Incombustible, to render paper, 166.
India rubber, 119.
—— rubber, how to use, 161.
Ink stains, removing, 163.
—— stains, marking, 164.
Inlaid work, 133.
Inlaying, 134.
—— Viennese method of, 135.
Insects, 166.
—— poison for, 168.
Inside of book, finishing, 132–141.
Interleaving, 18.
Iron, knocking-down (cut), 6.
—— polishing (cut), 119.
Joint, 7.
Joints, cloth, 38–99.
—— morocco, 98.
Kettle stitch, 25–28.
Keys (sewing), 23.
Knife, bolt (cut), 61.
—— burr on, 79.
—— gold, 79.
—— paring, French (cut), 90.
—— paring, method of holding, (cut), 91.
—— paring, German (cut), 91.
—— paring, German, method of holding (cut), 92.
—— sliding (cut), 60.
—— trimming, 42.
Knocking down iron (cut), 6.
Lard, 124.
Lay cords, 23.
Lead type, 129.
Leaf, gold, 79.
—— gold, cutting, 80.
—— gold, thickness of, 80.
—— removing single, 162.
Leather covers, cutting, 90.
—— kinds of, 90.
—— non-porous, 126.