Bookbinding and The Care of Books
Librarians by Douglas Cockerell with Drawings
by Noel Rooke and other Illustrations
New York
1902
Book binding Chapter XVI
Part 6
sufficient ornamentation for most books. Three
schemes for such ornamentation are shown. In fig.
112 the “tie downs” may be in “blind” and the lines
in gold. The arrangement show at fig. 113 leaves a
panel at the top which may be utilized for lettering.
DESIGNING FOR BACKS
The decoration of the back of a book is difficult
owing to the very small space usually available in
the panels. The first consideration must be
in Chapter XV, a second paper is got out for the pattern.
The back panel should generally be treated in the same
style and, if possible, with the same tools as the sides, if
they are decorated. It will often be found far easier to
design a full-gilt side than a satisfactory back.
A design may be made to fit one panel of the book and
repeated on all those not required for lettering (see pages
332-34), or it may be made to grow up from panel to panel
(see fig. 115). In the case of sets of books in which the
expanded without altering the general look of the back (see fig. 115).
DESIGNING FOR INSIDE OF BOARDS
The inside margins of the board permit of a little delicate decoration. At fig. 116 are shown two
ways of treating this part of the binding. The inside of the board is sometimes covered all over
with leather and tooled as elaborately, or more elaborately, than the outside. If there are vellum
ends, they may be enriched with a little tooling. The edges of the boards may have a gold line
run on them, and the head cap may be decorated with a few dots.
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