ABSTRACT
A slight coat of varnish described in a subsequent part of the work, will, in this case, give a superior finish. The glaire with a camel's-hair pencil such parts of the impression as it is intended shall be afterwards covered with gold. When finished, let the whole perfectly dry, and then, in the manner directed, lay gold on such parts as it is intended, in the re-impression of the plate, should be further embellished. When the Art of Bookbinding had made some progress in this country, expensive materials were used for the covers of books, but the taste for finishing was but little known, understood. The receipts given for the superior marbles and designs, will it is presumed, present this branch of the art on a higher footing, in a general point of view, than is usually accorded to it; aud it is confidently asserted, that one of them will prove a failure, if attention to the directions.
