Wars in Rome
This is a book of 1702 that I rebound in full leather. I photographed most of the processes involved for use in a presentation my father gave in 2005. Unfortunately I don't have the last images in the series showing the tooling etc.
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The book before rebinding (only one board present)
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Scraping the spine clean.
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Title page and frontispiece.
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Cutting the original sewing in order to 'pull' the book.
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Sections of the book (halfway through pulling).
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Page repairs usuing Japanese tissue.
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Ironing the repair.
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Trimming the repair.
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Loose sections about to be sewn on a sewing frame.
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Sewn book with a layer of glue on the spine.
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Rounding the sewn book.
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Backing the book in a laying press.
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Sewing a headband.
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The headband glued and drying.
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The spine lined with vellum between the bands.
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Staining the leather (calf).
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Shaping the boards to fit the book.
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Trimming back the vellum.1.
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Trimming back the vellum.2.
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Marking the boards in position on the book.1.
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Marking the boards.2.
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Punching holes to take the cords.
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Wars in Rome 23
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The cords having been thinned at their ends.
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Pasting the cords.
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Lacing on the boards.1.
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Lacing on the boards.2.
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Lacing on the boards.3.
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Lacing on the boards.4.
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Lacing on the boards.5.
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Drying, with slips inserted to stop the boards being pulled back as the cords dry and shrink.
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Paring the leather.
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Thinning the leather with a spoke shave.
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Pasting out the leather.
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Putting the leather on.1.
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Putting the leather on.2.
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Putting the leather on.3.
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Turning the leather in.1.
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Turning the leather in.2.
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Turning the leather in.3.
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