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• Covering techniques  + (All the processes involved in turning a piece of sheet material into a cover for a book.)
• Cambridge style  + (An English style of bookbinding practiced … An English style of bookbinding practiced largely on theological works and in university libraries. Although used elsewhere, the style was so highly favored by binders in Cambridge in the early years of the 18th century that it became recognized as their speciality, which probably accounts for the name. Books bound in this style were sewn on raised cords, covered in calfskin that was masked and sprinkled in such a manner as to leave a stained central rectangular panel, a plain rectangular frame, which, in turn, was surrounded by a stained outside frame. The books had Dutch marble endpapers and red edges. The spine was pieced with red russia leather labels and had double blind lines at head and tail on each side of the raised bands. The covers were decorated with a two-line fillet close to the edges and on each side of the panel. and with a narrow flower roll worked on each side of the panel close to the lines. There were many variations of this style, including some books tooled in gold, and some with marbled covers and sprinkled panels. with marbled covers and sprinkled panels.)
• Bag binding  + (An additional protective covering provided a book. It is usually made of leather.)
• Fanfare style  + (An elaborate style of decoration consistin … An elaborate style of decoration consisting generally of geometrically formed compartments of varying sizes, each bounded by a ribbon consisting of a single fillet on one side and a double fillet on the other, each of which, with the exception of the center compartment (which is larger or otherwise distinguished), being filled with leafy spirals, branches of laurel, and other spraysrals, branches of laurel, and other sprays)
• Steamboat boards  + (Any boards used for cutting books out of boards)
• Adhesive  + (Bindemedel är det ämne som ingår i en produkt för att foga eller binda samman fasta beståndsdelar i partikelform.)
• Styles and terms of Italian origin  + (Binding styles, and other terms that are Italian in origin, or primarily associated with Italian bookbinders or practices.)
• Cathedral binding  + (Bindings decorated with Gothic architectural motifs)
• Edition binding  + (Bindings in identical covers, produced in quantity.)
• Adhesive structure bindings  + (Bindings in which the gatherings are held … Bindings in which the gatherings are held together by adhesive only, without any form of sewing or stitching. They may, however, be reinforced by glueing strips of material into recesses cut across the spine. The earliest examples of European adhesive bindings recorded on printed books are English, with one example dating from the 1620s and a small group from the period 1670-1690. German examples have been identified from the second half of the eighteenth-century and very occasionally in England at the end of the eighteenth century. The small number of survivals from these early periods is a reflection either of the ephemeral nature of some of the texts bound in this manner, or the inherent instability of such structures before the introduction of flexible adhesives. The so-called 'Perfect binding' patented in 1836 and probably first used in 1839 (Middleton, p.30), in which caoutchouc was used as the adhesive, proved no more durable.d as the adhesive, proved no more durable.)
• Bindings by external presentation  + (Bindings recognized or identified primarily by their outward appearance or other aesthetic characteristics.)
• Boards (components)  + (Boards are rigid or semi-rigid components made from one or more pieces of sheet material used to protect and support a bookblock. There will usually be at least two boards, one on each side of the bookblock.)
• Regional styles and terms  + (Bookbinding styles, practices, and other terms associated with specific geographic regions.)
• Bind from sheets  + (Bookbinding which originates from the flat or folded sheets, usually the former, as received from the printer.)
• Mosaic bindings  + (Bookbindings decorated by inlaying or onlaying small pieces of leather of various colors to form patterns.)
• Bindings  + (Coverings of a book which hold the sheets together to provide protection, and collectively all the parts of books applied in the process of attaching the leaves and covering them.)
• Crease  + (Creasing)
• Steamboating  + (Cutting books out of boards, a number being cut at the same time.)
• Paste paper  + (Decorative endpapers and cover papers produced by pressing or sliding objects into a wet paste or starch mixture that has been spread on the paper.)
• Trough-marbled paper  + (Dekoreringsteknikk der mønsteret ikke dannes direkte på papiret, men på en flytende marmoreringsgrund - ved å legge papiret på grunden overføres mønsteret til papiret.)
• Square  + (Difference between edges of textblock and edge of case or boards)
• Square  + (Difference between edges of textblock and edge of case or boards)
• Square  + (Difference between edges of textblock and edge of case or boards)
• Square  + (Difference between edges of textblock and edge of case or boards)
• Red edges  + (Edges of a textblock that have been colored red.)

• Features  + (Features)

• Felt  + (Felts are used to couch newly formed sheets of paper during papermaking, or to help control the drying of materials during a conservation treatment)
• Plant materials  + (Fibrous organic materials and extracts derived from plants and trees.)
• Hand tools  + (Finishing tools fitted with wooden handles and impressed by hand as opposed to blocks, panels, etc. which have to be used in presses. Hand tools will therefore include small hand tools, hand letters, rolls, fillets and pallets.)
• Endband  + (Headband)
• Endband  + (Headband)
• Endband  + (Headband)
• Index  + (In bookbinding, the words, letters, number … In bookbinding, the words, letters, numbers, etc., printed, stamped or pasted in alphabetical, numerical, or other order: 1) in spaces cut or gouged in the fore edge of the book; 2) tabs attached to the leaves at the fore edge; or 3) printed on the leaves of the book, or on separate sheets to be inserted in their proper position in the book. The purpose of the index is to facilitate quick reference to the contents.acilitate quick reference to the contents.)
• Forwarding  + (In edition binding, the term "sheetwork" is usually used in lieu of forwarding)
• Decorated paper  + (en:Plain papers decorated by various means, which might include trough-marbling, stencilling, sprinkling, hand-colouring, block-printing, etc.)
• Paper  + (In general, all types and categories of matted or felted sheets or webs of fiber formed on a fine screen from a water suspension.)
• Gift binding  + (In the usual application, a leather binding produced for presentation, such as a retirement signature book.)
• Hand letters  + (Individual letters, numerals, etc., cut in brass and attached to wooden or asbestos handles, and used to letter a book by hand.)
• Cosway bindings  + (Leather bookbindings produced in the usual manner, except that they have miniature paintings inset into their covers.)
• Marbled leather  + (Leather that has been given a marbled appearance as a result of a decoration process utilizing dyes, stains, or acids.)
• Straight grained leather  + (Leather with artificial creases in one direction.)
• Bookbinder's machines  + (Machines used in the process of bookbinding, which include those that implement gluing, stamping, ruling, cutting, other functions.)
• Bookbinding machines  + (Machines used in the process of bookbinding, which include those that implement gluing, stamping, ruling, cutting, other functions.)
• Book trimming machine  + (Machines, equipped with a guilotine-like blade or blades, used to trim the edges of books.)
• Cutting and trimming techniques  + (Making incisions with a sharp-edged instrument, thus removing material or dividing something into parts.)
• Materials  + (Materials)
• Materials by function  + (Materials grouped by their function or purpose)
• Trough-marbled paper  + (Paper decorated by trough-marbling, which involves a transfer of colours floating on the surface of a liquid in a trough to the paper.)
• Paper by manufacture  + (Papers described by their type of manufacture)
• Label  + (Pieces of sheet material, most often colou … Pieces of sheet material, most often coloured tanned skin, paper or parchment, adhered or otherwise attached to the outside of a binding, bearing information about the contents of the book (typically the author's name and the title), a press or shelfmark, a price, etc. The information may be given in manuscript, tooled or printed.be given in manuscript, tooled or printed.)
• Band nippers  + (Pincers which have broad, flat jaws, used for straightening the bands of a book sewn on raised cords, and also for nipping up the leather during covering.)