ABSTRACT
Binding is the art of folding the sheets of a book, securing them together, affixing boards or sides thereto, and covering the whole with leather or other materials. The trade of a Bookbinder has been ranked among the most difficult of the arts. The country binder has generally to exercise the whole art, from the folding to the final operation required in binding a book; whilst his more fortunate brother of the capital, from his business being extensive enough to constantly employ folders, seuers, marblers, gilders, In the directions given, the amateur, who may take pleasure in devoting part of his leisure to an art interesting and amusing, will meet with all the information he may desire relative to the proceedings in use by the best binders. The greater convenience of reference, and for properly distinguishing each branch of the art, a division into parts or sections has been deemed advisable.
