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Many books are now finished by means of the blocking press ; but on close examination, these imitations may be readily Monastic Tools. Distinguished. A blocked cover never has the life and spirit that a hand-finished one has. Of blocking I must speak in subsequent pages. These intrinsic designs were very much used by the 1 There are a few exceptions to this on a few old books of 12mo. Size. One may now and then see such designs worked in one piece certainly by a block. ANTIQUE WITH GOLD LINE Im...perial 8*. FINISHING. 113 binders contemporary with Grolier, and the use of lined or azure tools are a distinctive mark of the period. This is Venetian. the connecting link with the Italian bindings. It will be observed that the Italian or Venetian tools are solid, Grolier. while in the other style the tools, although of the same shape, are lined or azure. A little later on other artists, not satisfied with this modification, dispensed with the i 114 BOOKBINDING. fine cross lines, and retained their outlines only.
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