Bookbinding and the Conservation of Books
A Dictionary of Descriptive Terminology

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edge rolled

A method of decorating the edges of the boards of a book, usually one covered in leather, in which the edges are tooled in gold or blind by means of an engraved EDGE ROLL . (94 , 261 )






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