And they are all from the 18th Century...I must have at least 15 in for restoration at the moment, all of them large folio subscribers "rough calf" or Cambridge panelled calf bindings... anyway this is the one I did before I went away.
Stripped, page restoration and flexibly sewn on hand made hemp cords with laced-in boards and hand marbled endpapers with extra fly leaves. Full bound in a natural colour veg tanned goatskin with the grain crushed out. Paste washed and 3 veg colours applied. Tallow coated and blind tooled borders with pontille tooled edges and inner dentelles.
Gilt panelled spine with hand lettered willow calf label. Finished and hot iron polished.
A Bible of this size will take a whole large goatskin to cover!
PS. I have about half a dozen in stock if anyone is looking to purchase one!
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