The binding process

•  The placing/sewing

Unsewing
Unsewing
Cleaning the signature's back
Cleaning the signature's back

Grecquage
Grecquage
Sewing
Sewing

•  The book bloc

Back gluing
Back gluing
Back rounding
Back rounding

Placement of the book bloc in the vise
Placement of the book bloc in the vise
Cutting the carboards
Cutting the carboards
Backing
Backing
Gluing the strings
Gluing the strings

Cardboard placement
Cardboard placement
Trimming
Trimming

•  The covering

Cutting the canvas or the leather
Cutting the canvas or the leather
Cutting the canvas or the leather
Cutting the canvas or the leather

Pose of the raidsed bands on the headcap and the inlay
Pose of the raidsed bands on the headcap and the inlay
Back gluing
Back gluing

Case-in
Case-in
Headcap making
Headcap making

•  Titling, gilding

Placing spine leather on the die stamp for titling
Placing spine leather on the die stamp for titling
Titling beginning by the last line of the title
Titling beginning by the last line of the title
Gold stamping
Gold stamping
Titling over
Titling over

Cleaning the title with a scalpel
Cleaning the title with a scalpel

Place the fleuron by hand
Place the fleuron by hand
Place the fleuron by hand
Place the fleuron by hand

Type
Type
Fleurons and pallets
Fleurons and pallets

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