What have we been up to this month then?
Well the sticky Atlas got unstuck and re-bound, there were also quite a few creased and crinkled pages not to mention several leaves with half the text torn off and lost.
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So how do you remove the creases?
Well not by ironing them out that’s for certain, that will just press the crease in place permanently, there is a method that leaves the page perfectly flat ....
But that would be like telling you how to replace the missing text on this page!
After the pages were restored the Atlas was re-sewn on sunken cords incorporating its original compensation guards, the spine then re-rounded, and backed, head and tail bands were sewn in and the spine suitably lined incorporating a manilla hollow back.
Boards were made and fitted and false raised bands applied. The leather was chosen, cut and dyed using the resin from boiled mahogany chippings and oak bark. The Atlas was bound as a ½ binding with brown Victorian Jaconette cloth sides to match, and the spine decorated in gold leaf.
The sides were rolled off in gold, the spine dated and a red leather label cut, pared, applied and hand lettered in gold.
Sound’s easy doesn’t it? ..............Well there you go.
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