The Bookbinding Craft and Industry

An Outline of its History, Development and Technique

T. Harrison

• Publisher: Routledge
• Year: 2019
• Topic: History
• eBook ISBN:
  9780429647307
• Subtopic: World History
• Index: History

Published in 1989, this book guides the reader through the intricacies of the bookbinding industry, including chpaters on the evolution of the book, sewing, end papers, and the preparation of miscellaneous work.

INDEX

1. Acids, oxalic, 31
2. ——, sulphurous, 31
3. Albumen, 108
4. Alphabet, letters of, 9

1. BIBLIOPHILES, Grolier, 98
2. ——, Maioli, 99
3. Binders—
   1. Aldus, 97–98
   2. Badier Florimond, 100
   3. Derome, 100
   4. Eve, Clovis, 100
   5. ——. Nicholas, 100
   6. Gascon. Le, 100
   7. Leighton, Archibald, 120
   8. Mearne, 101
   9. Michel, Marius, 100
   10. Padeloup, 100
   11. Payne, Roger, 81, 101
   12. Sanderson, Cobden, 101
4. Bindings—
   1. Bedford, 82–100
   2. Cambridge “pane sides,” 82
   3. English, 101
   4. Eve, sixteenth to seventeenth century, 115
   5. fifteenth to sixteenth century, 103–111
   6. French, 99
   7. Grolier, sixteenth century, 107, 109
   8. Henri II, 99
   9. Henri II and Dianne de Poytiers, 100
   10. Italian, 98
   11. Payne, Roger, 117, 119
5. Blocking powder, 118
6. Boards, backing, 57
7. ——, book diagram, 58
8. ——, character of, 63
9. ——, hand-made, 64
10. ——, lining, 65
11. Boards, machine made, 64
12. ——, Mill-, 63
13. ——, oiled, 92
14. ——, preparation of, 63–64
15. ——, straw-, 64
16. ——, wooden, 53
17. Books bled, 71
18. ——, bound imperfect, 16
19. ——, case, 61–92
20. ——, theory of perfectly backed, 58

1. CASES, cloth, 16
2. Cellini, Ben venu to, 96
3. Chemicals, chloride of lime, 31
4. ——, copperas, 81
5. ——, permanganate of potash, 31
6. ——, salts of tartar, 81
7. Chinese influence, 98
8. Clo...

Table of contents

• Cover
• Half Title
• Title Page
• Copyright Page
• Original Title Page
• Original Copyright Page
• Preface
• Table of Contents
• Illustrations
• I. The Evolution of the Book
• II. Folding
• III. Gathering, Collating, and Pulling
• IV. Preparation of Miscellaneous Work
• V. Dry-Cleaning, Washing, and Mending
• VI. Sewing
• VII. End Papers
• VIII. Forwarding
• IX. Forwarding: Cutting and Edge Decoration
• X. Covering
• XI. Finishing: (I) Its Historical Development
• XII. Finishing: (II) Book Decoration
• Appendix: Fire Hazards of Printing and Bookbinding Works
• Index