Bibliopegia; or, the art of bookbinding in all its branches; illustrated with engravings / by John Andrews Arnett [i.e. J. Hannett].

  • Hannett, John, 1803-1893.
Date:
1848
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Licence: Public Domain Mark

Credit: Bibliopegia; or, the art of bookbinding in all its branches; illustrated with engravings / by John Andrews Arnett [i.e. J. Hannett]. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    and boil for another half-hour, when the whole must be taken off and stirred till the varnish and the water in which it is placed cools. Next day, filter it through a fine cotton, by which means it will acquire the greatest degree of limpidity, and well cork up in a bottle. The other receipt is given by Mons. F. Mairet, of Cha- tillon sur Seine, and may be prepared similar to the above. The ingredients are, three pints of spirits of wine, of thirty- six to forty degrees, eight ounces of sandarac, two ounces of _ mastic in drops, eight ounces of shell-lac, and two ounces of Venice turpentine. ! The varnish is first put on the back of the book with a camel’s-hair brush as lightly as possible. When nearly dry, it is polished with a ball formed of fme white cotton, filled with wool, on which has been rubbed a small quantity of olive oil, to make it glide freely; it must be rubbed at first lightly, and as fast as the varnish dries and becomes warm, more sharply. The sides are in like manner polished one after the other. Varnish is applied more particularly on black coloured — books, or such as have not been polished with the iron, but may be used on any books when found not sufficiently bril- liant. In the latter case, the volume should be perfectly dry, or the varnish will not take. The application of this compo- sition has also the effect of preserving the covers from some accidents damp is a to occasion. Messrs. Barritt and Company, of Fleet Street, London, have also invented a Caoutchouc Polish for Leather or Cloth Book-Covers. It.is used by passing a sponge moistened with | the composition over the covers, producing a brilliant polish, impervious to damp. |