superfluous leather upon the inside, preparatory to pasting
down the lining-paper.
_Collating._--Examining the signatures, after the volume
is gathered, to ascertain if they be correct and follow in
numerical order.
_Corners._--The triangular brass tools used in finishing backs
and sides. The gilt ornaments used on velvet books. Also, the
leather pasted on the corners of half-bound books.
_Creaser._--The tool used in marking each side of the bands,
generally made of steel.
_Cropped._--When a book has been cut down too much it is said
to be cropped.
_Dentelle._--A fine tooled border resembling lace-work.
_Edge-Rolled._--When the edges of the boards are rolled. It
may be either in gold or blind.
_Embossed._--When a plate is stamped upon the cover so as to
present a raised figure or design, it is said to be embossed.
Some inappropriately term this kind of work Arabesque.
_End-Papers._--The paper placed at each end of the volume, a
portion of which is removed when the lining-paper is pasted
down upon the boards. Also called Waste-Papers.
_Fillet._--The cylindrical ornament used in finishing upon
which simple lines are engraved.
_Finishing._--Is that department that receives the volumes
after they are put in leather, and ornaments them as required.
One who works at this branch is termed a finisher.
_Finishers' Press._--Is the same as a laying-press, only much
smaller.
_Flexible._--When a book is sewn on raised bands and the
thread is passed entirely round each band.
_Folder._--This is a flat piece of bone or ivory used in
folding the sheets and in many other manipulations. Also
applied to a female engaged in folding sheets.
_Fore-Edge._--The front edge of the book.
_Foundation-Plate._--A plate of iron or brass upon which
side-stamps are affixed.
_Forwarding._--Is that branch that takes the books after they
are sewed and advances them until they are put in leather
ready for the finisher. One who works at this branch is termed
a forwarder.
_Full-Bound._--When the sides of a volume are entirely covered
with leather, it is said to be full-bound.
_Gathering._--The process of arranging the sheets according to
the signatures.
_Gauge._--Used in forwarding to take the correct size of the
volume and to mark it upon the boards for squaring.
_Gilt._--Is applied to both the edges and to the ornaments in
finishing.
_Glaire._--The whites of eggs.
_Grater._--An iron instrument used by the forwarder for
rubbing the backs after they are paste-washed.
_Gouge._--A tool used in finishing, the face of which is a
line forming the segment of a circle.
_Guards._--Strips of paper inserted in the backs of books
intended for the insertion of plates, to prevent the book
being uneven when filled; also the strips upon which plates
are mounted.
_Guides._--The groove in which the plough moves upon the face
of the cutting-press.
_Half-Bound._--When a volume is covered with leather upon
the back and corners, and the sides are covered with paper or
cloth.
_Hand-Letters._--Letters cut and affixed to handles, and
adjusted singly upon the volume when lettering it.
_Head and Tail._--The top and bottom of a book.
_Headband._--The silk or cotton ornament worked at the ends so
as to make the back even with the squares.
_Imperfections._--Sheets rejected on account of being in some
respect imperfect, and for which others are required to make
the work complete.
_In Boards._--When a volume is cut after the pasteboards are
affixed to form the sides, it is said to be cut in boards. The
term is also applied to a style of binding in which the boards
are merely covered with paper.
_Inset._--The pages cut off in folding and placed in the
middle of the sheet.
_Inside Tins._--So called from being placed inside of the
boards when the volume is put in the standing-press.
_Joints._--The projections formed in backing to admit the
boards; applied also to the inside when the volume is covered.
_Justification._--The observance that the pages of a volume
agree and are parallel throughout, so as to insure a straight
and equal margin.
_Kettle-Stitch._--The stitch which the sewer makes at the head
and tail of a book; said to be a corruption of chain-stitch.
_Keys._--The little instruments used to secure the bands to
the sewing-press.
_Knocking-Down Iron_.-- So called from having the slips, when
laced in, pounded down upon it, so that they will not show
when the book is covered.
_Laced In._--When the boards are affixed to the volume by
means of the bands being passed through holes made in the
boards, they are said to be laced in.
_Lettering-Block._--A piece of wood, the upper surface being
rounded, upon which side-labels are lettered.
_Lettering-Box._--The box in which the type are screwed up
preparatory to lettering.
_Lining-Paper._--The coloured or marbled paper at each end of
the volume.
_Marbler._--The workman who marbles the edges of books, &c.
_Mitred._--When the lines in finishing intersect each other at
right angles and are continued without overrunning each other,
they are said to be mitred.
_Out of Boards._--When a volume is cut before the boards are
affixed, it is said to be done out of boards.
_Overcasting._--An operation in sewing, when the work consists
of single leaves or plates.
_Pallet._--Name given to the tools used in gilding upon the
bands, sometimes applied to the lettering-box.
_Panel._--The space between bands; also applied to bevelled
and sunk sides.
_Papering Up._--Covering the edges after they are gilt, so
as to protect them while the volume is being covered and
finished.
_Paring._--Reducing the edges of the leather by forming a
gradual slope.
_Pastewash._--A thin dilution of paste in water.
_Pencil._--A small brush of camel's hair.
_Pieced._--When the space between bands, upon which the
lettering is placed, has a piece of leather upon it different
from the back, it is said to be pieced or titled.
_Plough._--The instrument used in cutting the edges of books
and pasteboards.
_Points._--Holes made in the sheets by the printer; they serve
as guides in folding.
_Polisher._--A steel implement used in finishing.
_Press._--There are various kinds of presses,--viz.: laying
or cutting, standing, stamping, embossing, gilding, and
finishing.
_Rake._--An instrument used in forwarding, to harden the backs
while being pastewashed in the standing-press.
_Rasped._--The sharp edge taken off the boards.
_Register._--The ribbon placed in a volume for a marker; also
a list of signatures, attached to the end of early-printed
works, for the use of the binder.
_Rolls._--The cylindrical ornaments used in finishing.
_Run Up._--When the back has a fillet run from head to tail
without being mitred at each band, it is said to be run up.
_Runner._--The front board used in cutting edges, &c.
_Sewer._--The person who sews the sheets together on the
sewing-press--generally a female.
_Set-Off._--Designates the transfer of the ink to the opposite
page.
_Setting the Head._--Is covering the headband neatly with the
leather, so as to form a kind of cap.
_Shaving-Tub._--The paper cut from the edges of a volume are
called shavings. The receptacle into which they fall while the
forwarder is cutting the edges is termed the shaving-tub.
_Signature._--The letter or figure under the footline of the
first page of each sheet to indicate the order of arrangement
in the volume; sometimes applied to the sheet itself.
_Size._--A preparation used in finishing and gilding,
generally made from vellum.
_Slips._--The pieces of twine that project beyond the volume
after it is sewn.
_Squares._--The portions of the board that project over the
edges.
_Stabbing._--The operation of piercing the boards with a
bodkin for the slips to pass through; also the piercing of
pamphlets for the purpose of stitching.
_Stamps._--The brass tools used in finishing to impress a
figure upon the leather; they are distinguished by hand-stamps
and stamps for the press.
_Start._--When any of the leaves are not properly secured in
the back, upon opening the volume they will project beyond the
others, and are said to start.
_Steamboating._--Cutting books out of boards, a number being
cut at the same time.
_Stitching._--The operation of passing the thread through a
pamphlet for the purpose of securing the sheets together.
_Stops._--Are small circular tools, adapted to stop a fillet
when it intersects at right angles, to save the time used in
mitreing.
_Title._--The space between bands, upon which the lettering is
placed.
_Tools._--Applied particularly to the hand-stamps and tools
used in finishing.
_Trindle._--A strip of thin wood or iron.
_Turning Up._--The process of cutting the fore-edges in such a
manner as to throw the round out of the back until the edge is
cut.
_Tying Up._--The tying of a volume after the cover has been
drawn on, so as to make the leather adhere to the sides of the
bands; also for setting the head.
_Whipping._--The process of overseaming plates.
_Witness._--When a volume is cut so as to show that it has
not been cut as small as some of the leaves, their uncut edges
prove this, and are called witness and sometimes proof.
_Wrinkle._--The uneven surfaces in a volume, caused by not
being properly pressed or by dampness, also caused by improper
backing.
INDEX.
Affixing the stamps, 279, 280.
Agatine marble, on leather, 249.
Aldine, 198.
Aldus, 198.
Anonay paper, 150.
Antique, 231.
bands, 147.
marble, 117.
Dutch, 123.
Arabesque, 210.
Assyrian, 179.
Aqua Regia, 237.
Backing-machine, 173.
Backs, flexible, 54, 55.
India-rubber, 58.
Backing books, 43.
Bands, in finishing, 269.
Bands, raised, 53, 54.
parchment, 57.
Baumgarten, 20.
Beating, 41, 42.
Beating-hammer, 42.
Beckford, 206.
Bedford, 28.
Benedict, 20.
Bible, chained in churches, 16.
Bibliographical Decameron, 14, 26, 135.
Bindings of Corvinus, 14.
of Henry VII., 16.
of Henry VIII., 17.
of Elizabeth, 17.
of Grolier, 17.
of Maioli, 18.
of Diana of Poictiers, 18.
of Henry II., 18.
of De Thou, 19.
of the Chevalier D'Eon, 19.
of Oxford, 20.
of Mackinlay, 21.
of Roger Payne, 21-23.
of Mackenzie, 28.
of Charles Lewis, 28.
of Clarke, 28.
of Riviere, 28.
of Bedford, 28.
of Hayday, 28.
of Napoleon, 30.
of Lortic, 31.
of Duru, 32.
of Niédré, 32.
Bindings of Bauzonnet, 32, 142.
Black, for marbling, 85, 91.
edges, 136.
ink, 156, 157.
for blank-work, 165.
for marbling leather, 241.
for leather, 259.
lines, 268.
Blacking the squares, 268.
Blank binding, 151.
Bleeding, 68.
Blind tooling, 230.
Block-finishing, 279.
Blue, for edges, 78.
for marbling, 85, 89, 90, 105.
ink, 156.
for marbling leather, 242.
uniform colour for leather, 258.
Blue agate marble on leather, 249.
Stormont marble, 105.
Boards, mode of making, 65.
squaring, 66.
Boarding, blank-work, 160.
printed work, 169.
Box marble, on leather, 253.
British marble, 119.
Brown, for edges, 79.
for marbling, 86, 91.
for marbling leather, 241, 242.
uniform colour for leather, 257.
Burnt ochre, 88.
Burnishing, 126, 129, 133.
Byzantine, 181.
Cambridge, 208.
binding, 19.
Cancels, 40.
Caoutchouc, 58.
Capé, 31, 32.
Carved oak boards, description of, 12, 211.
precious stones let into, 14.
Case-work, stamping, 283.
Cedar sprinkle, on leather, 253.
Chemical preparations, 237.
Chinese blue, 89.
Chrome, 90.
Clarke, 28.
Clasps, 167.
Cleanliness, 276.
Cloth-work, 170.
Collating, 39.
description of, 39, 40.
Coleridge, 190.
Colours, for edges, 74-82.
for marbling, 84.
grinding, 98.
uniform, for leather, 256.
harmony of, 272.
Colouring, for leather, 236.
Comb marble, 115.
Combs, for marbling, 127.
Corners, 167.
Corvinus, library of, 14.
Covering, 141.
blank-work, 163.
Cropping, 67.
Curl marble, 109.
Cutting in boards, 72.
Cutting-machines, 288.
Dawson, 20.
Derome, 18, 19, 67.
De Seuil, 18, 19.
Design, 186.
Designing, 286.
De Thou, bindings of, 19.
Dibdin, his account of the library of Corvinus, 14.
of Roger Payne, 26, 191, 195.
Diptych, description of, 11.
Drag Spanish marble, 114.
Drop ivory black, 91.
Drop lake, 86.
Duru, 31, 32.
Dutch marble, 120.
Dutch pink, 90.
Edges, colouring and sprinkling, 74.
colours for, 74-79.
blue, 78.
yellow, 78.
green, 78.
orange, 78.
red, 78.
purple, 79.
brown, 79.
black, 136.
rice marbled, 80.
white spotted, 80.
fancy marbled, 81.
gold sprinkle, 81.
marbled, 82, 125.
burnishing, 126, 129.
gilt, 130.
antique, 134.
gold upon marble, 135.
black, 136.
Edge-gilding, 130.
antique, 134.
on marble, 135.
on landscapes, 135.
Eighteenmo, 36.
Elizabethan, 184.
End-papers, 59, 60, 273.
Etruscan, 180.
Eyton, J. W. King, binding belonging to, 28, 29.
Fair agate marble, on leather, 249.
Falkner, 28.
Fancy titles, 221, 271.
Fawn, colour for leather, 244.
Finishing, blank-work, 168.
Finisher's standing press, 275.
Flea-seed, 94.
Flexible, mode of sewing, 53.
marking off, 54, 55.
Folding, 35.
blank-work, 157.
Folio, 36.
Font Hill, 150, 205.
Forwarding, job-work, mode of operation, 59.
making end-papers, 60.
putting in joints, 61.
glueing up, rounding, 62.
backing, 63, 64.
cutting, 65, 70.
making boards, 65.
squaring, 66.
lacing in, 68.
pastewashing back, 69.
cutting round, 71.
turning up, 73.
Foundation-plate, 279.
Gilding, preparations for, 216.
the back, 217.
the squares, 223.
the sides, 224.
on silk and velvet, 225.
Gilt edges, 130.
upon marbled, 135.
Glaire, for marbling leather, 240.
Gold marble on leather, 260.
Gold sprinkle, 81.
Gothic, 183.
Grafton, the printer, 16.
Grained sheep, 282.
Graining, 231.
Grolier, bindings of, 17.
style, 212.
Green, for edges, 78.
for blank-work, 164.
for leather, 244.
uniform colour for leather, 258.
agate marble on leather, 249.
Italian marble, 106.
porphyry marble on leather, 250.
Greek, 180.
Gum, 92.
directions for preparing for marbling, 93.
Guards, sewing on, 53, 56.
mode of mounting, 56.
Gum-sandarac, 226.
Harleian, 202.
Harmony of colours, 272.
Half-binding, 149.
Hayday, 28, 29, 232.
Headbands, 137.
single, 138.
double, 140.
gold and silver, 140.
ribbon, 141.
Heat, degree required for stamping, 282.
Hints to book-collectors, 291.
Henry VII., time of, 16.
VIII., bindings of, 17.
Hering, 28.
Holbein, 213.
Hydraulic press, 45.
Illuminated binding, 227.
Imperfections in old books, 290.
Indigo, 89.
Inlaid work, 229.
ornaments, 270.
Irish moss, 94.
Italian marble, 106.
Janseniste, 208.
Joint, mode of forming, 63.
Joints, inside, 273.
Kalth[oe]ber, 20.
Kettle-stitch, 51, 53, 55.
Keys for securing bands on sewing-bench, 49.
detaching, 57.
Lacing in, 68.
Landscapes on sides, 263.
transferred, 264.
Lapis Lazuli marble on leather, 261.
Lay on, 218.
Leland's Itinerary, 14.
Lettering-press, 283.
Levant marble on leather, 249.
Levant morocco, 31, 142.
Lewis, Charles, 28.
Light Italian marble, 106.
Lilac, for leather, 243.
Lining-papers, mode of making, 60.
Linseed, 94.
Lortic, 31, 32.
Louis Quatorze, 184.
Mackenzie, 28.
Mackinlay, John, 20.
bindings of, 21.
Mahogany sprinkle on leather, 252.
Maiolo, 17.
Malacca tin, 238.
Marbling on leather, 246-254.
on paper sides, 254.
Marbling-water for leather, 240.
Marbled cloth, 127.
Marbled edges, 125.
gilt upon, 135.
Making cases, 174.
Missals, antiquity of, 10.
Mitreing, 219.
Modernized monastic, 231.
Montague, 201.
Moorish, 182.
Niédré, 31, 32.
Nonpareil, 115.
raked, 116.
reversed, 116.
Numerical proportions of colours, 272.
Nutmeg sprinkle on leather, 255.
Oak boards, 15, 211.
Octavo, 36.
Old bindings, 289.
Olive, for leather, 258.
Orange, for edges, 78.
for marbling, 86, 91.
for leather, 244.
Orange lead, 91.
Ornamental art, 178.
Oxford, bindings of, 20.
Oxford ochre, 88.
Ox-gall, 96.
Padeloup, 18.
Paging-machine, 154.
Paper and book trimmer, 288.
Paring-knife, 149.
Pasting down, 273.
Payne, Roger, history of, 21.
his bindings, 23.
bill of, 25.
his favourite colour, 26.
Pearl-gray for leather, 258.
Petit, Bernard, bindings designed by, 18.
Phillatius the Athenian, 9.
Pictures on calf, 266.
Pickering, 200.
Plates, mode of sewing, 53.
Polishing, 234.
Porphyry marble on leather, 251.
Porphyry vein marble on leather, 251.
Preparations for marbling, 96.
chemical, 237.
for stamping, 281.
for gilding, 216.
for marbling leather, 240.
Press-work, 279.
Primary colours, 272.
Prints on calf, 266.
Progress of the art, 10, 33.
Prussian blue, 90.
Purple, for edges, 79.
for blank-work, 165.
for leather, 243.
marble on leather, 248.
Quarto, 36.
Raw ochre, 90.
Red, for edges, 78.
for marbling, 85-88.
ink, 156.
for blank-work, 164.
for leather, 245.
Red porphyry marble on leather, 250.
Register, 137.
Renaissance, 183.
Restoring old bindings, 289.
Revival, 183.
Rock marble on leather, 252.
Rolling-machine, substitute for beating; mode of operation;
advantages and disadvantages of, 43, 44.
Roman, 181.
Rose-pink, 87.
Rounding, 62.
Rice marble, 80.
Ring sprinkle on leather, 255.
Riviere, 28.
Ruling, 152.
Run up, 220.
Russian bands, 165.
Sawing, 48, 49.
Sawing-machine, 171.
Scraping, 132.
Secondary colours, 272.
Setting the head, 145.
the stamp, 281.
Set off, 42, 43.
Sewing, process of, 49, 50.
two sheets on, 50.
all along; quartos; plates or maps, 52.
whipping, sewing on guards, 53.
on raised bands; pure flexible, 54, 55, 56.
blank-work, 159.
Sewing-bench, 49, 50.
Shell marble, 100, 103, 104.
Sheriffs of Shropshire, 28.
Sheet-work, 35.
Silk lining, 274.
Sixteenmo, 36.
Sizing the paper, 127.
Slate, uniform colour for leather, 259.
Smasher, substitute for beating, 44.
mode of operation; amount of pressure; advantage of, 45.
Spanish marble, 110.
olive, 111.
blue, 112.
brown, 112.
fancy, 113.
drag, 114.
Spring-back, blank-work, 161.
Sprinkles, 255, 256.
Sprinkling, mode of, 75, 76.
colours for, 74.
rice-marble, 80.
white spot, 80.
gold sprinkle, 81.
Staggemier, 20.
Stamping, 279.
Steamboating, 172.
Stabbing, 68.
Steel gouges, 271.
Stone marble, on leather, 248.
Sunk boards, 285.
Supplying imperfections in old books, 290.
Table-shears, 175.
Taste, 186.
Technical terms, 297-310.
Tertiary colours, 272.
Thirty-twomo, 36.
Thouvenin, bindings of, 30.
Titles, 269.
fancy, 271.
Tortoise-shell sprinkle on leather, 256.
To dissolve gold, 237.
Transfers, 264, 266.
Transferring designs, 286.
Translation of dates, 289.
Trautz et Bauzonnet, 31, 32, 142.
Tree-marbled calf, 28, 252.
Troughs for marbling, 100.
Turning up, 73.
Twelvemo, 36, 37.
Twenty-fourmo, 36.
Tying up, 146.
Ultramarine, 89.
Umber, 91.
Uncut books, 151.
Uniform colours on leather, 256-259.
Variegated marble, on leather, 254.
Varnish, 277.
Vegetable black, 91.
Vermilion, 87.
Violet for leather, 243.
Vitriol-water for marbling leather, 240.
Wainscot sprinkle on leather, 254.
Walnut sprinkle on leather, 253.
Walther, 28.
Water for marbling, 96.
Wave-marble, 118.
Wax for marbling, 99.
West-End marble, 107, 108.
Whipping, 53.
White for marbling, 86, 91.
White-spotted edges, 80.
Wood-lake, 88.
Yellow for edges, 78.
for marbling, 85.
for blank-work, 165.
for leather, 244.
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DE KONINCK.--DIETZ.--A Practical Manual of Chemical Analysis
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DUSSAUCE.--A General Treatise on the Manufacture of Every
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GUETTIER.--Metallic Alloys:
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JOHNSTON.--Instructions for the Analysis of Soils, Limestones,
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LANDRIN.--A Treatise on Steel:
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LARKIN.--The Practical Brass and Iron Founder's Guide:
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LOTH.--The Practical Stair Builder:
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LOVE.--The Art of Dyeing, Cleaning, Scouring, and Finishing,
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Cottons, Feathers, Chips, Straw, etc. Scouring and Cleaning
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Transcriber's Note
_ _ represents italic text
= = represents bold text
+ + represents black-letter, or Old English text
Sundry missing or damaged punctuation has been repaired.
Both hyphenated and non-hyphenated variants of many words occur
in this book. All have been retained.
This book has some older spellings or grammatical constructions,
which have been retained. Though published in Philadelphia in
1878, parts of the book date from 1856, and would thus appear to
pre-date modern American spelling conventions. (See note on the
Catalogue advertisements which were placed after the Index.)
Any illustration which interrupted a paragraph was moved to a
more convenient location, between paragraphs.
There is some discrepancy between the TOC and the book's layout.
Some rationalization has been attempted.
'Blank work' appears to refer to blank book-keeping books sold by
stationers for use in business offices.
Pages 18-19, 67: Derome also appears as De Rome. (Index: Derome)
Page 23: 'him' and 'self' re-joined over line-break.
"Many of these he made himself of iron,..."
Page 57: 'Societé' corrected to 'Société'.
"... in a Memoir presented by him to the "_Société
d' Encouragement_,"
Page 78: 'faustic chips'; 'faustic' would appear to be correct.
From [http://www.]
faculty.ucr.edu/~legneref/botany/tandye.htm#fusticdyes "Tanning
... "Wood Dyes" ... "Fustic":
This is the main source of natural yellows, olives and browns and
ranks with logwood in importance. It is used for leather and in
combination with logwood for silk, wool, nylon and rayon. It
comes from the heartwood of Chlorophora tinctoria, a forest tree
of the West Indies, Central and South America. The light-yellow
wood turns a dark yellow-brown when exposed to air.
Faustic is exported as short logs, chips, powder or paste. The
dye is frequently called Old Fustic to distinguish it from Young
Fustic, once obtained from the twigs of Cotinus coggygria."
Page 128: 'papier D'Anonay', should perhaps be 'papier
D'Annonay'. Also Page 150, so perhaps 'papier D'Anonay' was an
accepted spelling (in the bookbinding trade) at the time of
publication.
Page 151: 'STATIONERY OR VELLUM BINDING.' is 'Blank Binding' in
TOC (p. 7).
Page 181: "... but the character of the ornaments are generally
dissimilar." is as printed, though the author does seem to have
confused his tenses.
Page 203: 'anti-tiquities' corrected to 'antiquities' - letters
duplicated at line-break.
"... and illustrate the history, laws, customs, and
antiquities,..."
Pages 214-5: Plate 8.: 'Pattern's' corrected to 'Patterns'.
"Selection from Gaskill, Copper & Fry's Book of Patterns"
Page 237 (also pp. 237, 244, 246, 246. 250, 251, 252, 258, and Index):
'AQUA REGII' corrected to 'AQUA REGIA' ('royal water' or 'king's
water'), a mixture of nitric acid and hydrochloric acid.
(The transcriber could not find any reference to 'aqua regii',
and assumes it to be a spelling error by either the author or
the printer.)
'nitrous acid' corrected to 'nitric acid', which appears in the
next paragraph.
"So called from its power to dissolve gold, is a mixture of
nitric acid (aquafortis) and muriatic acid, (spirits of
salts,)...."
Page 244: 'OHANGE' corrected to 'ORANGE'.
Page 313 et seq.: Some Index entries which had been transposed
have been returned to their correct places.
The dashes (----)in the index have been replaced by double spaces,
making it a simple nested list.
INDEX:
'Antique Dutch': Page number corrected from 29 to 123 (No 29.)
'Maiolo, 17' corrected to 'Maioli, 18'. (also later occurrence)
'Carved oak boards, description of, 12, 211'.
'precious stones let into, 12, 14'.
P. 211 had been incorrectly assigned to 'precious stones let
into', and the 'precious stones' are mentioned on pp. 12 and 14,
'Edges, Burnishing': P. 125 corrected to 126.
'Forwarding': p. 72 corrected to 73.
'Hints to Book Collectors': p. 291 corrected to 292.
'Mahogany sprinkle on leather': P. 252 corrected to 253.
'Marbled cloth': p. 127 corrected to 128.
'Turning up': p. 72 corrected to 73.
CATALOGUE:
Page 1, et seq.: Catalogue of Practical and Scientific Books
(etc.): MM is an abbreviation for Messieurs. Abbreviations for
technical and professional qualifications, etc. are not always
consistently spaced. They have been retained as printed.
Prices for books have been retained, as printed. Those less than
$1.00, with a couple of exceptions (50cts,) are printed,
e.g. 63, 75, etc., aligned right.
The spelling in the descriptions of books in the Catalogue
sometimes depends on whether the author was American or English.
The word 'Price' appears only in the description of one book. It
has been retained.
Page 13: The price was omitted from two of Miss Leslie's books.