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Esoteric Craft of Antiquarian Bindery
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- 1. Technique of anchoring boards through sewing supports
- 2. Robust sewing method yielding a flexible, durable textblock
- 3. Decorative and structural tiny band at the book’s top
- 4. Animal skin substrate, ancient and enduring for pages
- 7. Decorative leather edging named for an English city
- 12. Luxurious paintbrush used for tooling gilded edges
- 14. Impressing designs onto covers, sometimes gold-leafed
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- 5. Polished leather covering with a reflective shine
- 6. Thin ornamental strip slipping over sewing supports
- 8. Characteristic of leaves arranged in folded gatherings
- 9. A method of small square embossing on leather edges
- 10. Raised strip where the title often rests in antique books
- 11. The initial blank page guarding printed treasure
- 13. Shell fragment sometimes repurposed as a book tool
- 15. Pertaining to the spine’s raised bands, structurally vital
- 16. Braided binding cord, ancient and sturdy
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